Abstract:
Planning post tsunami rehabilitation and conservation of the Sri Lankan coastline should
ideally be undertaken within a multi hazard coastal risk assessment framework giving due
consideration to all the coastal hazards. Even when risk assessments are undertaken only
for the tsunami hazard it is important to conduct such studies on a platform which can
accommodate other coastal hazards. For risk assessment against the tsunami hazard it is
important to assess scientifically and establish the basis and criteria on which such an
exercise is undertaken. Planning based on observations arising from a single extreme
event without scientifically analyzing the true character of potential events, their impacts
and future threats and risks should be avoided
