Understanding recovery in Andaman and Nicobar Islands

This issue of Southasiadisasters.net focuses on topics related to the recovery process in the Andaman and Nicobar islands, such as the importance of understanding the underlying factors of vulnerability, the role of international humanitarian agencies in assisting the recovery, civil–military cooperation in the response efforts, importance of housing, food and nutrition for a sustainable recovery and rehabilitation, etc. Most importantly, this issue highlights the nature of vulnerability and risk reduction in these beautiful islands.

This issue's contents includes: (i) Towards understanding recovery; (ii) The multidimesionality of the idea of recovery; (iii) Challenges of post–tsunami recovery in A&N Islands; (iv) (Re)Understanding recovery from Asian tsunami;; (v) Andaman & Nicobar Islands: After the tsunami SEEDS experiences; (vi) Lessons from tsunami recovery in Andaman & Nicobar Islands; (vii) Let us not Increase the vulnerability of the A&N Islands; (viii) Tsunami recovery in Sri Lanka, South Asia: Role of Japan; (ix) Civil—military cooperation in disaster response in India; (x) Reflections on disaster recovery in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands; (xi) Observations on the built habitat and the techno–legal regime of the Andaman–Nicobar Islands; (xii) Ecosystem recovery post tsunami: Untapped role of communities; (xiii) Andaman Nicobar Islands recovery: A view from the communities; (xiv) Contribution of TISS in Andaman and Nicobar Islands recovery: A short account; (xv) Andaman Nicobar Islands recovery: Food and nutrition schemes; and (xvi) The house that Jack built: Rebuilding homes after the tsunami of 2004. Theme: Ecosystem, tsunami recovery, social studies, vulnerability, disaster response, role of communities.