Post- Occupancy Evaluation (poe) of Post-Tsunami Houses in BATTICALOA and AMPARA Districts

Abstract

Consequent to the Tsunami on December 26, 2004 the coastal belt of Sri Lanka, Batticaloa and Amparai, Eastern coastal districts were severely affected.Among 13 affected districts in Sri Lanka. Batticaloa and Amparai recorded the highest number of affected families. The Tsunami destroyed 99,480 and damaged 44,290 houses in Sri Lanka. Nearly 35,000 houses have been damaged and destroyed in the Batticaloa and Amarai Districts, which is almost 24% of the total houses affected in Sri Lanka and it was the largest amount of houses destroyed in the country. The Government of Sri Lanka has taken the initiative to construct houses for resettle these affected people with the participation of the National and International organizations. The study was carried out after completions of permanent housing projects in two districts. The objective of the study was to conduct Post Occupancy Evaluation (POE) of the houses constructed for Tsunamibeneficiarieson Technical,Social,and Environmentalfactors.The methodology adopted was to conduct a field survey among the beneficiaries based on the simple random sampling technique. According to the study the status of the houses are with moderate level satisfaction. Social factors are better than the Technical, and Environmental factors concerning for constructed houses in the two districts. The recommendations are suggested to the decision makers to adopt for the future disaster situations.