Disasters are events of huge magnitude and negative impact on society and environment. Disaster Management is a discipline that tries to deal with disasters. In this Technical Report we give a short introduction to these ...

Early in the year, Peru suffered from heavy rains mainly due to the El Niño and La Niña phenomena. As a result of these heavy rains, several cities were affected by floods and landslides. One of the most affected cities ...

This study presents the management of over 5000 tons of debris generated in the fire in Largo do Paissandú, São Paulo/Brazil, 2018. The process lasted 12 days and the debris was sent to a construction and demolition landfill ...

This paper discusses the apparent disconnection between disaster risk management research and the lack of tools for business continuity after disastrous events in Chile. As disasters are a common occurrence in business ...

The Chilean National Research Center for Integrated Natural Disaster Management, CIGIDEN, was created in 2011 to develop, integrate, and transfer scientific knowledge to reduce the social consequences of extreme natural ...

Clinical Engineering supports the effectiveness of diagnosis and treatment; it also provides expert knowledge as health technology management, health technology planning, health technology assessment and other essential ...