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Priorities for natural disaster risk reduction in Central America
(2023)
Central America is known for its high risk of disasters due to various physical, economic, and
sociocultural factors. The region sits on the following tectonic plates: North America, Cocos,
Caribbean, Nazca, and Panama, ...
Hydrometeorological disasters in urban areas of Costa Rica, Central America
(2020)
Tropical countries are subjected to natural disasters which cause
substantial human and economic losses. Coping with disasters in
tropics requires to improve our understanding of the frequency
and distribution of ...
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 ...
Review of the Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction: Enabling Child-Centred Agency
(Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar. Sede Ecuador, 2018)
Strengthening the Role of Science in Disaster Risk Reduction: The Chilean Strategy
(2022)
This paper presents an integrative case-study examination of Chile's national strategy of research, development, and innovation (R&D+i) for disaster resilience and the progress towards developing the institutional conditions ...
Visión histórica de la respuesta a las amenazas naturales en Chile y oportunidades de gestión del riesgo de desastre
(PONTIFICA UNIV CATOLICA CHILE, INST GEOGRAFIA, 2016)
The geographical conditions in Chile make it a country that persistently experiences natural hazards, constantly testing the capacity of the Chilean society to pull itself up after every event and to improve the ways in ...
Disaster risk reduction education: tensions and connections with sustainable development goals
(MDPI, 2021)
In the last decades, environmental risks and threats have increased human exposure to natural hazards, often affecting the quality of life, especially for vulnerable groups. This article explores the tensions and connections ...