Improving American natural disaster planning : lessons from the Sri Lanka tsunami

Abstract

This study has presented a comprehensive overview of the state of federal disaster response programs in the Unitited States of Americia. The study shows several problems in the way disasters are planned foras well as problmes with how local planners and city managers recover from natural disasters. As a way of addressing the issues brought forth in this paper, a comparitive study has been done between our own federal programs and thoses of Sri Lanka; which has recently completely changed how it responds to disasters as a nation. The comparisons between sri lankas and our own programs will be used to make informed sugestions as to how our federal disaster response programs could be improved.