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Multidimensional Poverty and Natural Disasters in Argentina (1970–2010)
(Routledge, 2021-04-25)
This paper studies the effect of multiple natural disasters occurred in the different districts of Argentina between 1970 and 2010 on their multidimensional poverty, as measured by a Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) ...
Handbook for disaster assessment
(ECLAC, 2014-04)
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has been a pioneer in the field of disaster
assessment and in the development and dissemination of a disaster assessment methodology. Its approach ...
From disaster risk construction to disaster risk reduction: exploring the agency of urban land-use planning in Chile
(Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis, 2020)
This paper explores how the existing urban land-use regulatory framework and its associated planning practices in Chile have contributed to disaster risk construction in urban areas. It uses Actor Network Theory as an ...
Epidemic activity after natural disasters without high mortality in developing settings
(Taylor and Francis, 2013)
Natural disasters with minimal human mortality rarely capture headlines but occur frequently and Results: in significant morbidity and economic loss. We compared the epidemic activity observed after a flood, an earthquake, ...
Developing a Multiagent Based Decision Support System for Realtime Multi-Risk Disaster Management
(2015)
A Disaster Management System (DMS) is very important for countries with multiple disasters, such as Chile. In the world (also in Chile)different disasters (earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruption, fire or other natural ...
Natural disasters and territoriality: the case of the lafkenche de Saavedra
(PONTIFICA UNIV CATOLICA CHILE. INST GEOGRAFIA, 2018)
Using Machine Learning for Extracting Information from Natural Disaster News Reports
(Revista Computación y Sistemas; Vol. 13 No.1, 2009-08-15)
Abstract. The disasters caused by natural phenomena have been present all along human history; nevertheless, their consequences are greater each time. This tendency will not be reverted in the coming years; on the contrary, ...
Resilience for disaster risk management in a changing climate: Practitioners’ frames and practices
(Elsevier, 2015)
There is a growing use of resilience ideas within the disaster risk management literature and policy
domain. However, few empirical studies have focused on how resilience ideas are conceptualized by
practitioners, as ...
Transformation of social capital during and after a disaster event: the cases Chañaral and Diego de Almagro, Atacama Region, Chile
(Springer, 2020)
This article analyzes the impact of socio-natural disasters on social capital at a local level, studying the cases of the communities of Chanaral and Diego de Almagro after the flooding and mudflow disasters of 2015. ...
Report of the seminar on sustainable development and disaster risk management: financing and planning for disaster risk management in the Caribbean Small Island Developing States
(ECLAC, Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean, 2020-12-17)