Environmental implications for disaster preparedness: Lessons Learnt from the Indian Ocean Tsunami

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 4-13

  Srinivas, Hari ^a   Nakagawa, Yuko ^b  

^a United Nations Environment Programme   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Disaster management; Environmental assessment; Environmental management and assessment

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; DISASTER PREVENTION; DISASTERS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

DISASTER MANAGEMENT; DISASTER PREPAREDNESS; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND ASSESSMENT; HUMAN DIMENSIONS; IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT; INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI; LESSON LEARNT;

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT;

DISASTER MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI 2004; NATURAL HAZARD;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; DEFORESTATION; DISASTER PLANNING; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FLOODING; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HOME; HURRICANE; INDIAN OCEAN; INDONESIA; MALDIVES; SRI LANKA; THAILAND; TSUNAMI; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 48249116307     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2007.01.054     Document Type: Article

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