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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...