Effects of the tsunami on fisheries and coastal livelihood: a case study of tsunami‐ravaged southern Sri Lanka

Abstract

Beyond the death toll, the tsunami of 26 December 2004 crippled many of the livelihood assets (human, social, physical, financial and natural)

Socio-economic vulnerability of coastal communities in southern Thailand: the development of adaptation strategies

“…This corroborates results from other research related to tsunami vulnerability (e.g. Silva and Yamao, 2007;Birkmann and Fernando, 2008;Willroth et al, 2011). The analysed sensitivity elements are shown in Table 2.…”

The 2010 tsunami in Chile: Devastation and survival of coastal small-scale fishing communities

“…Moreover, many fisher organizations in the tsunami hit zone lost their offices, storage lockers, stores, and restaurants. As in other massive tsunami, such as Sri Lanka's 2004 [7], artisanal fishing communities were among the most affected coastal groups. In summary, in Chile following the tsunami of February 2010, the livelihoods of more than 24,000 fisher households were directly or indirectly affected.…”

Impacts of climate variability and change on fishery-based livelihoods

“…The most-affected people are unable to raise formal bank loans due to lack of collateral (often lost during the event) and do not have insurance [49]. Additionally, as observed in many fishing communities, informal sources of credit are often the only ones available to fisherfolk, typically with high rates of interest, and unfavorable terms and conditions [87].…”

“…In the climate variability and change literature the concept of livelihoods is employed to understand the vulnerability context of communities [41][42][43][44] as well as impacts and livelihood responses [45,46]. Work on fisheries has focused on climate variability and disasters, and fluctuating stocks [25,[47][48][49].…”