Post-Tsunami Reconstruction Process in Sri Lanka affected by 2004 Sumatra Tsunami, -Part 6-

Recovery Curves for Buildings in Sri Lanka after the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami

Abstract

After the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami, the Sri Lankan Government provided three types of houses for the victims (temporary shelters, transitional houses, and permanent houses). The authors conducted several field surveys and interviews in the damaged area to understand the recovery conditions, and obtained data set, which had been collected for 13 months since December 2004 by Rebuilding and Development Agency. This paper discusses how to develop the recovery curves for recovery process and demonstrates the curves for the transitional houses and the permanent houses in Sri Lanka, which quantitatively describe regional differences in recovery process.