Reviewing Indian Ocean Tsunami Lessons Learnt Practices of Sri Lanka: In Order to Emphasize Disaster Risk Reduction Endeavours

Abstract

Most devastated single event disaster of the country is Indian Ocean tsunami 2004. Post-tsunami recovery and reconstruction attempts have been mainstreamed by Government and other organizations. Beginning of this chapter shows some facts and figures on tsunami damage and briefed before-tsunami disaster management structure and functionality of the country and then emphasised planning and implementation of recovery and reconstruction. The main body of the chapter is on tsunami recovery and reconstruction lessons learnt practices which was leading the disaster risk reduction endeavours that has been elaborated through, institutional arrangements and coordination mechanisms; government involvement in recovery and reconstruction; collaborating for working with partners, and mechanisms; coordination and involvement of CBOs; strategies for institutional and coordination mechanism; institutional and coordination mechanism at central and local level; integration of environment and ecological aspects and by case-studies on changing of tsunami housing policy; declaration of tsunami buffer zone linked to coastal zone.