Socio Economic Assessment and the Impact of Disaster in Cuddalore District

Abstract

The Cuddalore district being a coastal zone is mostly covered by plain terrain without any high relief zone except some sedimentary high grounds. The Gadilam and Pennaiyar rivers flow in the northern side of the Cuddalore District and Vellar and Kollidam River (Coleroon) flows in south. Cuddalore is  high Cyclone prone zone of the Eastcoast and its neighbourhood falls under rainfall surplus category and the temperatures vary between 19.9 C to 26 C in the winter season and 31 C to 42 C in the summer season. The district gets rainfall mostly in the months of October to December from the Northeast monsoon   which accounts for 72 percentage of the total amount of rainfall. Researcher is interested to analyse the socio economic assessment of the district after disaster as well as the impact of disaster in Cuddalore district. By conducting a Focused Group Discussion researcher tries to find out the social vulnerabilities.