Factor analysis of water-related disasters in Sri Lanka
Vulnerability to disaster differs considerably depending on natural exposure to hazards and social conditions of countries affected. Therefore, it is important to take practical disaster mitigating measures which meet the local vulnerability conditions of the region. Designating Sri Lanka as a research zone, this study aims to propose measures for strengthening the disaster mitigating system tailored to the region starting from identifying the characteristics of the disaster risk threatening the country. To this end, it identifies the country’s natural and social characteristics first, and then analyzes the risk challenges and their background as the cause to create and expand the water-related disasters. Furthermore, it also analyzes the system of the socio-economic structure, the evacuation behavior of the affected people and related experience to disasters.