Disaster Response, Peace and Conflict in Post-Tsunami Sri Lanka / Part 1: The Congestion of Humanitarian Space

Description

Yes / ¿Part 1: The congestion of humanitarian space¿, assesses what affect the rapid proliferation
of the international aid community¿s presence in Sri Lanka has had on local level
relationships and emergency response capacities. It contends that the burgeoning presence
of aid agencies resulted in humanitarian assistance becoming a hotly contested and
competitive activity. It goes on to identify the possible factors that have contributed to the
rapid congestion of this space in suggesting an explanation of why the humanitarian
communities¿ normative standards appear to have failed.

Links & Downloads

1. Harris, S. (2006). Disaster Response, Peace and Conflict in Post-Tsunami Sri Lanka. Part 1: The Congestion of Humanitarian Space. Bradford, Centre for Conflict Resolution, Department of Peace Studies, University of Bradford. CCR Working Papers: No. 16.
2. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/931

Tags

Disaster Response

Disaster Recovery

Peace

Conflict

Tsunami

Sri Lanka

Natural Disasters

International Aid

Additional Fields

Identifer	oai:union.ndltd.org:BRADFORD/oai:bradscholars.brad.ac.uk:10454/931
Date	January 2006
Creators	Harris, S.
Source Sets	Bradford Scholars
Language	English
Detected Language	English
Type	Working Paper
Rights	© 2006 University of Bradford. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/uk).
Relation	http://www.brad.ac.uk/acad/confres/papers/pdfs/CCR16.pdf