Manipal College of Nursing, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Udupi, India.
Department of Maternal & Child Health, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman.
Sultan Qaboos Univ Med J. 2021 Feb;21(1):e94-e102. doi: 10.18295/squmj.2021.21.01.013. Epub 2021 Mar 15.
Environmental hazards are part of the Earth's natural cycle and are ongoing within human history. When vulnerable situations meet environmental hazards, disasters occur where human and natural costs could be enormous. This study aimed to explore the experiences of the victims of coastal erosion during the monsoon season.
Seven victims of catastrophic coastal erosion in the Kollam District of Kerala, India, were interviewed from December 2013 to February 2014. The study followed Edmond Husserl's descriptive phenomenological method.
These interviews constituted the primary data source. Three main themes with eleven subthemes emerged from these data. The main themes were impact, consequences and recovery. The subthemes were living in constant fear, escaping from the catastrophe; cataclysmic sea waves and their tumultuous behaviour, instant damage and destruction, the epoch of losses; agony and suffering; homelessness-helplessness-sleeplessness mixed with fear; government aid only in dreams; haunting memories; never-ending daily needs; first home and native land; and the desire to go back to the site of the disaster.
From the derived themes, a phenomenon associated with coastal erosion evolved. The phenomenon is termed "Catastrophic coastal erosion: A cycle of impact, consequences, and recovery."
环境危害是地球自然循环的一部分，并且在人类历史中一直在持续。当脆弱的情况遇到环境危害时，就会发生灾难，人类和自然的代价可能是巨大的。本研究旨在探讨季风季节沿海侵蚀灾民的经历。
2013 年 12 月至 2014 年 2 月，对印度喀拉拉邦科拉姆区的 7 名灾难性海岸侵蚀灾民进行了访谈。本研究遵循爱德蒙·胡塞尔的描述现象学方法。
这些访谈构成了主要的数据源。从这些数据中得出了三个主要主题和十一个子主题。主要主题是影响、后果和恢复。子主题是生活在持续的恐惧中，逃离灾难；灾难性的海浪及其汹涌的行为、瞬间的破坏和毁灭、损失的时代；痛苦和苦难；无家可归、无助、失眠，伴随着恐惧；政府援助只是在梦中；挥之不去的记忆；无尽的日常需求；第一个家和祖国；以及回到灾难现场的愿望。
从衍生的主题中，出现了与沿海侵蚀相关的现象。该现象被称为“灾难性海岸侵蚀：影响、后果和恢复的循环”。
