Quality of life, vulnerability and resilience: a qualitative study of the tsunami impact on the affected population of Sri Lanka

AIM: This qualitative study is aimed at analysing the impact of the 2004 tsunami on the Quality of Life of the Sri Lankan population. It focused on the factors that have contributed to an increase in the people's susceptibility to the impact of hazards - their vulnerability - as well as of the...

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Main Authors: Alice Josephine Fauci, Manila Bonciani, Raniero Guerra
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Istituto Superiore di Sanità 2012-06-01
Series:Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanità
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Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0021-25712012000200011&lng=en&tlng=en