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2011 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

Vulnerability Assessment in Sri Lanka in the Context of Tsunami Early Warning

Author : Juan Carlos Villagrán de León

Published in: Coping with Global Environmental Change, Disasters and Security

Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg

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The tsunami of 26 December 2004 was a catastrophic disaster where fatalities could have been minimized if there had been an early warning system in operation and people in coastal areas would have been aware how to respond effectively to such a warning. The event caused over 250,000 fatalities, more than half of them in the Aceh province of Indonesia alone, and many others in countries as far away as Africa.

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Title
Vulnerability Assessment in Sri Lanka in the Context of Tsunami Early Warning
Author
Juan Carlos Villagrán de León
Copyright Year
2011
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Book
Coping with Global Environmental Change, Disasters and Security

Print ISBN: 978-3-642-17775-0

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-642-17776-7

Copyright Year: 2011

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-17776-7_93