Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
publishedVersion
Publication Date
7-2023
Abstract
At the time of writing (Autumn 2022), extreme weather is devastating large swathes of the Indian Ocean World (IOW). In Pakistan, especially around the Indus River in Balochistan and Sindh, floods are causing severe distress. So far, more than 1,300 people have been killed, half a million more have been left homeless and there has been around $30 billion worth of damage to infrastructure. Nevertheless, even as the floods are projected to worsen during the second half of the south-west monsoon season, there are already fights on multiple spatial scales to shape the narratives about the root causes of the devastation.
Discipline
Environmental Sciences | Physical and Environmental Geography
Research Areas
Integrative Research Areas
Publication
International Review of Environmental History
Volume
9
Issue
1
First Page
31
Last Page
38
ISSN
2205-3212
Identifier
http://doi.org/10.22459/IREH.09.01.2023
Publisher
ANU
Citation
GOODING, Philip; WILLIAMSON, Fiona; and BABIN, Julie.
Vulnerability to climatic and environmental disaster and change in the Indian Ocean World. (2023). International Review of Environmental History. 9, (1), 31-38.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cis_research/225
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