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La construcción de herramientas de Gestión Integral del Riesgo de Desastres a nivel local. La experiencia del Municipio de Gral. San Martín

Revista Internacional de Cooperación y Desarrollo, 2017
El artículo contribuye al debate entre expertos de gestión del riesgo de desastres frente al desafío de la prevención, mitigación y preparación ante emergencia en zonas urbanas altamente complejas.
Claudia Gatti, Analía García, Juan Vera, España Verrastro, Fernando Fontanet   +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
wiley   +1 more source

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
wiley   +1 more source

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

Guía para formación comunitaria en gestión del riesgo de desastres. [PDF]

, 2013
Contiene: Orientaciones sobre la Gestión del Riesgo como política de desarrollo -- Consideraciones pedagógicas -- Consideraciones de género y enfoque diferencial -- Prueba de entrada -- Información general sobre los módulos -- Módulo I.
Unidad Nacional para la Gestión del Riesgo de Desastres
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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

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
wiley   +1 more source

Non‐Stationary Probabilistic Tsunami Hazard Assessments Compounding Tides and Sea Level Rise

Earth's Future, Volume 10, Issue 11, November 2022., 2022
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, Philip L.‐F. Liu, Mircea Grigoriu, Jennifer S. Haase, Patricio Winckler   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A systematic review of 20 years of crisis and disaster research: Trends and progress

Risk, Hazards &Crisis in Public Policy, Volume 12, Issue 4, Page 374-392, December 2021., 2021
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, Sanneke Kuipers, Arjen Boin   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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]

Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
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, R. Cienfuegos, G. Álvarez, J. León, A. Urrutia, S. Castro   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source