On a peninsula separated from the mainland by islands, the old part of the town is known as Fort Cochin, where Vasco da Gama set up Portugal's first Indian trading station.
Fort Cochin lies on a peninsula separated from the mainland.
Some evidence suggests that WTP to avoid a risk of a protracted death involving prolonged suffering and loss of dignity and personal control is greater than the WTP to avoid a risk (of identical magnitude) of sudden death.