Permaculture: Post-tsunami rehabilitation

"As the emergency response phase continues post-tsunami, it bears considering how coastal communities can reduce vulnerability for the future.
Ideas and strategies that have proven merit in coastal rehabilitation and protection need to be introduced early into any rehabilitation planning. Such initiatives are ideally seeded in the emergency response phase of disaster relief, otherwise the understandable impulse by both survivors and aid deliverers may be to replicate what previously existed before considering new appropriate patterns. The integrated approach also delivers the incalculable benefit of enabling an early sense of ownership by survivors in the rehabilitation process. "

Source: Permaculture Australia