Population vulnerability and disaster risk reduction: A situation analysis among the landslide affected communities in Kerala, India

Landslides affect at least 15% of the land area of India, exceeding 0.49 million km2. Taking the case of landslide affected communities in the state of Kerala in India, this paper demonstrates that the focus has seldom been placed on assessing and reducing vulnerability. From the perspective of poli...

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Main Authors: Sunil Damodaran Santha, Ratheeshkumar Kanjirathmkuzhiyil Sreedharan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AOSIS 2010-04-01
Series:Jàmbá : Journal of Disaster Risk Studies
Online Access:https://jamba.org.za/index.php/jamba/article/view/36