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

• Source(s): United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR); United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS)
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN/ISSN: 9783939923114
• Author(s): Villagrán de León, Juan Carlos
• 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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