do we have enough raw materials to ‘build back better’?
- Written by Missaka Nandalochana Hettiarachchi, Adjunct Professor in Disaster Management, James Cook University
This Christmas Day marks 21 years since the terrifying Indian Ocean tsunami. As we remember the hundreds of thousands of lives lost in this tragic event, it is also a moment to reflect on what followed. How do communities rebuild after major events such as the tsunami, and other disasters like it? What were the financial and hidden costs of...





