Temporality of disasters: The politics of women's livelihoods 'after' the 2004 tsunami in Sri Lanka

Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 325-340

  Ruwanpura, Kanchana N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conflict; Ethnic dynamics; Livelihoods; Sri Lanka; Tsunami; Women

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; ETHNOPOLITICS; GENDER ISSUE; INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI 2004; NATURAL DISASTER; POLITICAL ECONOMY; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA; SRI LANKA;

EID: 56349108587     PISSN: 01297619     EISSN: 14679493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9493.2008.00327.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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