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Encuentros y Desencuentros con la Fórmula del Riesgo y los Desastres: Tiempos para el Cuidado y la Reciprocidad

Revista de Estudios Latinoamericanos sobre Reducción del Riesgo de Desastres, 2021
La fórmula ‘Amenaza x Vulnerabilidad = Riesgo’ ha sido fundamental en visibilizar, politizar y develar la construcción social del riesgo de desastres. Sin embargo, esta formula y críticas a la misma se han posicionado desde categorías del pensamiento
Ma. Teresa Armijos Burneo, Viviana Ramírez Loaiza   +1 more
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Modeling the effects of sediment concentration on the propagation of flash floods in an Andean watershed [PDF]

Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 2020
Rain-induced flash floods are common events in regions near mountain ranges. In peri-urban areas near the Andes the combined effects of the changing climate and El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) have resulted in an alarming proximity of populated areas
M. T. Contreras, M. T. Contreras, M. T. Contreras, C. Escauriaza, C. Escauriaza   +4 more
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Fire risk communication in the urban informal sector: Evidence from traditional marketplaces in Accra, Ghana

Risk, Hazards &Crisis in Public Policy, Volume 14, Issue 4, Page 297-320, December 2023., 2023
Abstract Urban marketplace fires in Ghana are chronic, devasting in economic losses and disproportionately impacting informal sector workers. Yet, the scholarly works on urban disasters have focused on hydrometeorological and other man‐made disasters to the neglect of marketplace fires, particularly the challenges in risk communication between ...
Matthew Abunyewah, Seth A. Okyere, Louis K. Frimpong, Stephen K. Diko, Michael O. Erdiaw‐Kwasie, Victor Boateng   +5 more
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Policy integration of climate change adaptation in Central America: A review for development, land‐use planning, and risk management

Latin American Policy, Volume 14, Issue 4, Page 534-567, December 2023., 2023
Abstract Central American countries have been described as highly exposed to the negative effects of climate change (CC). Policies dedicated to CC and climate policy integration—mainstreaming—into sectoral policies have been considered key strategies.
Luis Diego Segura Ramírez, Annemarie van Zeijl‐Rozema, Pim Martens   +2 more
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El que siembra vientos cosecha tempestades: responsabilidad del Estado por desastres

Revista Digital de Derecho Administrativo, 2023
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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How green are our laws? Presenting a normative coherence for sustainable development methodology

Environmental Policy and Governance, Volume 33, Issue 1, Page 90-109, February 2023., 2023
Abstract Policy coherence for sustainable development (PCSD) has become a pillar of supranational sustainable development agendas, promoting “whole of government approaches.” The concept of normative coherence for sustainable development (NCSD) has emerged as a new stage of policy coherence for sustainable development analysis.
Harlan Koff, Antony Challenger, Julia Ros Cuellar, Rafael Aguilar Orea, Maria del Socorro Lara López   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Posttraumatic stress response following the loss of significant close others in the Great East Japan Earthquake: Fukushima Health Management Survey

Journal of Traumatic Stress, Volume 36, Issue 1, Page 129-143, February 2023., 2023
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, Satomi Nakajima, Yui Takebayashi, Masaharu Maeda, Hironori Nakano, Seiji Yasumura, Hirooki Yabe, Tetsuya Ohira, Kenji Kamiya, Mental Health Group of the Fukushima Health Management Survey*   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Perspectiva de género para la gestión del riesgo de desastres en el ordenamiento territorial municipal

Prolegómenos, 2020
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, Lina María Estrada Jaramillo   +1 more
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Building constituencies for flood risk management: Critical insights from a flood defences dispute in Ireland

Risk, Hazards &Crisis in Public Policy, Volume 13, Issue 4, Page 356-378, December 2022., 2022
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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Participación Comunitaria y Estrategias Ciudadanas para la Gestión del Riesgo de Desastres. Experiencias locales para la sustentabilidad en Pandora Oeste de El Valle La Estrella, Limón, Costa Rica

Revista de Estudios Latinoamericanos sobre Reducción del Riesgo de Desastres REDER, 2023
Este artículo tiene como objetivo principal analizar la importancia de la participación comunitaria y el fortalecimiento de las competencias ciudadanas en el desarrollo de acciones para la sustentabilidad y el diseño de proyectos locales para la gestión ...
W. Coto-Cedeño, Jacqueline Centeno-Morales, Yolanda Zúñiga-Arias   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source