The two-faced janus of disaster management: Still vulnerable, yet already resilient

South East Asia Research

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 419-438

  Benadusi, Mara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Disasters; Post tsunami reconstruction; Resilience; Sri Lanka; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

DISASTER MANAGEMENT; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; NATURAL DISASTER; RECONSTRUCTION; TSUNAMI EVENT; VULNERABILITY;

SRI LANKA;

EID: 84885060924     PISSN: 0967828X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5367/sear.2013.0164     Document Type: Article

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