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El riesgo de desastre químico como cuestión de salud pública [PDF]
En esta revisión se trata de mostrar al personal sanitario, y en especial a aquellos que puedan estar involucrados en la planificación y/o respuesta ante un accidente químico, una visión general del tema de los accidentes industriales mayores. En la introducción se muestran de manera escueta algunos datos de las principales catástrofes industriales de ...
Castro Delgado, Rafael +1 more
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Climate Disasters, Armed Conflict, and Forced Displacement: A 23‐Year Spatial Analysis in Colombia
ABSTRACT Objective This study examines the spatial dynamics of climate disasters, violence, and internal displacement in Colombia. Methods We combine data on disasters, displacement, and conflict violence at the municipal level for all years between 1998 and 2021.
Juan David Gelvez, Leo Bauer
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Cohesión social y reducción del riesgo de desastres [PDF]
*Full forum is in SpanishEnglish abstract:This article explores the social cohesion-disaster risk reduction binomial. This is the continuation of previous publications, published both in Regions & Cohesion and in other places, aimed at examining available concepts that may be useful for the study of disasters and risk, their reduction and their ...
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Abstract Prior disaster experiences often provide lessons for communities to respond to new disasters. In informal communities prone to disasters but conditioned within reactive disaster management regimes, residents and Community‐Based Organizations (CBOs) play immense roles in disaster risk reduction and response.
Stephen Kofi Diko +5 more
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Abstract Relocation has become a major thrust of hazard mitigation policy. Home buyout programs are currently the primary policy tool to facilitate permanent voluntary relocation of households out of flood‐prone areas. This study seeks to evaluate public perceptions of relocation and home buyouts to better understand: Are home buyouts perceived by the ...
Abbey E. Hotard, Ashley D. Ross
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Abstract How are trust and reslience related? There is a lack of conceptual discussions. This paper analyzes trust and resilience with respect to the system of critical infrastructures and engineers working on critical infrastructure resilience. The results are three findings based on the assumption that resilience and trust are mechanisms to cope with
Benjamin Scharte
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La brecha en el financiamiento del riesgo de desastres entre los países de ingreso alto y bajo promueve condiciones de inequidad y consecuentemente, el aumento del riesgo de desastres.
Cristian Camilo Fernández Lopera +3 more
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Abstract Coastal storms are likely to increase in frequency and become even more damaging. An unresolved policy issue is whether current residents should receive federal subsidies through such programs as the Federal Flood Insurance Program or the FEMA disaster relief program that encourage thembe encouraged to rebuild in the same locations that have ...
Risa Palm +2 more
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Abstract At a time when disasters, pandemics, pollution, and other crises gain prominence, local governments bear a crucial responsibility for effective risk communication. Yet, there remains a gap in our understanding of how municipalities approach risk communication before a crisis occurs.
Hogne L. Sataøen +3 more
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