Tag: Rebuilding Housing Post-Ditwah: Lessons from Sri Lanka’s Tsunami Experience

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Rebuilding Housing Post-Ditwah: Lessons from Sri Lanka’s Tsunami Experience

By Dr Nisha Arunatilake, Director of Research, Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka (IPS) The Ditwah Cyclone ranks second only to the December 2004 Tsunami in terms of damage to housing in Sri Lanka’s recent history. According to the government’s Disaster Management Centre, as of 9th  December 2025, 86,488 houses were partially or fully […]