Thursday 14 May 2009

Tsunami Aftermath: Development of an indigenous homegarden in Banda Aceh

Moustafa Osman is co-author of an article published in Urban Agriculture (UA) Magazine no. 21 - Linking Relief, Rehabilitation and Development: A role for urban agriculture?

On 26 December 2004, a major underwater earthquake to the west of the island of Sumatra, Indonesia, triggered an extensive and devastating tsunami that impacted the entire South East Asia region and reached as far as the East African coastline. The Banda Aceh region located in the north of Sumatra bore the brunt of the tsunami, which resulted in catastrophic damage along the coastline, killing thousands of people and leaving an estimated 400,000 people homeless.

A copy of the full article is available here.