M.M.G.T. De Silva|Akiyuki Kawasaki
Socioeconomic Vulnerability to Disaster Risk: A Case Study of Flood and Drought Impact in a Rural Sri Lankan Community
The University of Tokyo|The University of Tokyo
climate change global phenomenon negative impacts severely felt poor countries high dependence natural resources limited coping capacity climate variability extremes however investigation relationship poverty climate variability waterrelated disasters complex article investigates relationship disaster risk poverty associated vulnerability households communities case study article based carried sri lanka developing country prone disasters data collected household surveys conducted north central province sri lanka examined use cross tabulation regression analysis techniques study novel considers floods droughts together compares economic impact socioeconomic groups local level findings show households depend heavily natural resources livelihood low income suffer greater losses floods droughts households high income hand flood impact higher households depend heavily natural resources livelihood lower income study uses survey data examine relationship disaster frequency localized poverty issue rarely considered past literature show low income households depend fully natural resources livelihood exposed frequent disasters vulnerable financial losses incurred floods droughts combat effects disasters sri lankan government might encourage members poor households seek least income nonagricultural endeavors