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Rapid assessment of potential impacts of a tsunami: Lessons from the Port of Galle in Sri Lanka
14 May 2009
Source
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security
Publication Year
2008
ISBN/ISSN/DOI
9783939923114
Number of pages
96 p.
This document presents a simple approach to elaborate a scenario regarding the potential impacts of a tsunami in a city exposed to such a hazard. The approach has been tailored to span eleven typical development sectors which are present in every city such as health, education, housing, life-lines, transportation, telecommunications, industry, government, etc.
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