Ingirige, Bingunath and Haigh, Richard and Malalgoda, Chamindi and Palliyaguru, Roshani
(2008)
Exploring Good Practice Knowledge Transfer Related to Post-Tsunami Housing
(Re-)Construction in Sri Lanka.
Journal of Construction in Developing Countries , 13 (2).
pp. 21-42.
ISSN 1823-6499
Abstract
Sri Lanka was badly affected by the tsunami that occurred on 26th December 2004. The tsunami destroyed about two-thirds of the Sri Lankan coastline and
affected more than 1,000,000 people. It does not only affected the lives of the community, but also had a devastating effect on their housing and livelihoods. The
overall loss of 100,000 or more houses due to the tsunami proved to be a major challenge to the emergency response teams and disaster planners. Although several
major disasters of varying magnitudes have occurred in the world, the body of knowledge related to post-disaster housing reconstruction and rehabilitation appears
fragmented and poorly integrated. This paper attempts to fill this theoretical gap by focusing on the extent to which good practice knowledge transfer helps in
overcoming this problem for more effective and efficient delivery of post-tsunami housing in Sri Lanka. The paper applied knowledge transfer principles within the
context of the two housing reconstruction strategies employed in post-tsunami housing reconstruction in Sri Lanka; namely donor-driven housing and owner driven
housing. The results of this study reveal that the knowledge transfer within this context cannot be simply copied and inserted from one context without any
localisation. Therefore, the paper proposes a high-level abstraction of the core principles of community engagement through participatory techniques associated
with appropriate capacity and capability building techniques that will enable the various stakeholders to create a new application to suit the appropriate context of
the transfer destination (post-tsunami context in Sri Lanka).
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