Buch, Englisch, Band 32, 364 Seiten, KART, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm
Reihe: Freiburger Studien zur Geographischen Entwicklungsforschung
Socio-Environmental Relations under the Impact of Violence in Eastern Sri Lanka
Buch, Englisch, Band 32, 364 Seiten, KART, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm
Reihe: Freiburger Studien zur Geographischen Entwicklungsforschung
ISBN: 978-3-88156-791-6
Verlag: VERBVersum Kultur und Medien
For over two decades, Sri Lanka’s northeast has been the location of ethno-political violence, which has profoundly changed the lives of the inhabitants. A ceasefire that was signed between the two major warring parties, the Sri Lankan Government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), in February 2002 gave rise to hopes for a peaceful path towards the settlement of the conflict. It also opened up opportunities for detailed field research into the socio-economic and environmental consequences of ethno-political violence.
This book examines the impacts of different forms of violence on the relationship between natural resources and their users in eastern Sri Lanka. The study adopts a socio-geographic approach for analysing the causal relationships between the social vulnerability of lagoon fishermen and the degradation of environmental resources in the Batticaloa Lagoon under the impact of violence. Based on detailed household-level research in the Batticaloa District, this book examines how different forms of violence, ethno-religious identity polarisation, and resource degradation contribute to increased social vulnerability, threatening the livelihood security of the sampled households.
The empirical study is guided by theoretical insights into three research areas within human geography: conflict research, vulnerability and livelihoods research, as well as the study of resource systems. The book thus links existing theory to the empirical research focus of assessing the impact of violence on socio-environmental relationships.
