Environmental and socioeconomic dynamics of the Indian Ocean tsunami in Penang, Malaysia

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ID20153809
AutoresBen Horton (0000-0001-9245-3768, University of Pennsylvania, autor de correspondencia), Benjamin Horton, Michael I Bird (0000-0003-1801-8703, University of St Andrews), Michael Bird (0000-0001-7621-4484), Tom Birkland (0000-0003-3073-8471, Albany State University), Thomas Birkland, Susan Cowie (University of St Andrews), Ong Jin Eong (Universiti Sains Malaysia), Andrea Hawkes, Andrea D Hawkes (0000-0003-1772-3865, University of Pennsylvania), Gong Wooi Khoon (Universiti Sains Malaysia), Lisa Law (0000-0002-0095-7588, University of St Andrews), Colin J Macgregor (0000-0003-2394-9270, University of St Andrews), Colin Macgregor, Aileen Tan Shau Hwai (0000-0001-8690-047X, Universiti Sains Malaysia), Aileen Tan Shau‐Hwai, Teh Tiong Sa, Teh Tiong (Nanyang Technological University), Zulfigar Yasin (Universiti Sains Malaysia)
Año2008
Volumen29
Número3
Páginas307-324
Fecha de publicación2008-11-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSingapore Journal of Tropical Geography (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0129-7619 • E-ISSN: 1467-9493
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1467-9493.2008.00342.x
OpenAlexW2166528753
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas40

This paper addresses some of the environmental and socioeconomic dimensions of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami on Penang, Malaysia. We aim to offer wide access to unique and perishable data, while at the same time providing insight to ongoing debates about hazards, vulnerability and social capital. Our social survey examines some of the dynamics that shaped the tsunami impact, response and recovery process. While in terms of lives lost Penang may not conform to arguments surrounding vulnerable environments, the recovery process is more marked by social disparities in terms of the ability to access resources. Our physical survey records local topography, flow depth and flow direction, and charts the differential impact of the tsunami. Yet measuring hazards is not a straightforward process, and relies on reflexive methodologies and eyewitness accounts

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