The tsunami of 2004 in Sri Lanka: An introduction to impacts and policy in the shadow of civil war

Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 2-9

  Blaikie, Piers M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Civil conflict; Disaster recovery; Policy narratives; Sri Lanka; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

CIVIL WAR; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; DISASTER RELIEF; MODELING; POLICY APPROACH; TSUNAMI EVENT; VULNERABILITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA; SRI LANKA;

EID: 70349804555     PISSN: 00291951     EISSN: 15025292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00291950802712061     Document Type: Article

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