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Abstract During the Great East Japan Earthquake, many people experienced the loss of family and friends, among other traumatic events. This study sought to clarify the impact of the loss of significant close others on posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS), as well as the factors associated with PTSS, among individuals who experienced the loss of ...
Mayumi Harigane +9 more
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Abstract Stakeholder consultation and participation are often viewed as an essential component of hazards governance and disaster risk reduction. However, an extensive literature in the fields of hazards management, disaster risk reduction, planning, and environmental governance has highlighted numerous challenges that have constrained attempts to ...
James M. Jeffers
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El que siembra vientos cosecha tempestades: responsabilidad del Estado por desastres
Este texto busca ofrecer algunos elementos producto de la investigación sobre la gestión del riesgo de desastres y la responsabilidad patrimonial extracontractual del Estado, con el fin de ofrecer algunos elementos de reflexión que permitan responder ...
Agustín Miguel Lago Montúfar
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Non‐Stationary Probabilistic Tsunami Hazard Assessments Compounding Tides and Sea Level Rise
Abstract Tides are often the largest source of sea levels fluctuations. Two new probabilistic tsunami hazard assessments (PTHA) methods are proposed to combine the tidal phase uncertainty at the moment of tsunami occurrence with other sources of uncertainty.
Ignacio Sepúlveda +4 more
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La gestión del riesgo de desastres tiene como máxima la protección de derechos, finalidad que adquiere respaldo en diversas figuras jurídicas y políticas, nacionales e internacionales.
Jorge Eduardo Vásquez Santamaría +1 more
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proceso histórico de producción e interacción de vulnerabilidades en los territorios. Este se relaciona de manera directa con los modelos de desarrollo vigentes y sus prácticas insostenibles que son las que generan que los riesgos se materialicen en ...
Valeria F. Maurizi
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A systematic review of 20 years of crisis and disaster research: Trends and progress
Abstract The field of crisis and disaster studies has proliferated over the past two decades. Attention is bound to grow further as the world negotiates the prolonged challenges of the Covid‐19 pandemic. In this review, we provide an overview of the main foci, methods, and research designs employed in the crisis and disaster research fields in the ...
Jeroen Wolbers +2 more
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Analysis of the effects of urban micro-scale vulnerabilities on tsunami evacuation using an agent-based model – case study in the city of Iquique, Chile [PDF]
The occurrence of mega-tsunamis over the last couple of decades has greatly increased the efforts of the research community and practitioners to work hand in hand to reduce risks from these highly destructive threats.
R. Cienfuegos +5 more
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El desarrollo de las instituciones para enfrentar los desastres está marcado por el acaecimiento previo de algún tipo de desastre de gran magnitud, que pone de presente su insuficiencia.
Agustín Miguel Lago Montúfar
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El complejo volcánico Cayambe representa una potencial amenaza para poblaciones que basan su economía en la floricultura. En este trabajo, se presenta: 1) modelar espacialmente escenarios de erupción del volcán, 2) modelar espacialmente el potencial ...
Fernando Pavón +3 more
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