Effects of the tsunami on fisheries and coastal livelihood: A case study of tsunami-ravaged southern Sri Lanka

Disasters

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 386-404

  De Silva, D A M ^a   Yamao, Masahiro ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Financial capital; Human capital; Natural capital; Physical capital; Social capital; South of Sri Lanka; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

COASTAL FISHERY; FISHING COMMUNITY; HUMAN CAPITAL; NATURAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL POLICY; TSUNAMI;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DISASTER; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FOOD INDUSTRY; HUMAN; INDIAN OCEAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; POLICY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; SRI LANKA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMERCE; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FISHERIES; HUMANS; INDIAN OCEAN; MALE; NATURAL DISASTERS; PUBLIC POLICY; RELIEF WORK; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SRI LANKA;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA; SRI LANKA;

EID: 36348968921     PISSN: 03613666     EISSN: 14677717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7717.2007.01015.x     Document Type: Article

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