Rapid assessment of potential impacts of a tsunami: lessons from the Port of Galle in Sri Lanka

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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Date:

2008

ISBN/ISSN:

9783939923114

Author(s):

Villagrán de León, Juan Carlos

Pages:

96 p.

Sources:

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR)
United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS)

Keywords

Themes:: Education & School Safety, Health & Health Facilities, Information Management, Risk Identification & Assessment, Urban Risk & Planning, Governance, Economics of DRR, Structural Safety, Critical Infrastructure
Hazards:: Tsunami
Countries:: Sri Lanka

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