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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, ...
Analysis of landslide in chosica using satellite images
(International Astronautical Federation, IAF, 2017-09)
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 ...
Disasters as an Opportunity to Build Social Capital
(2015)
We study the enduring impact of disasters onsocial integrity by examining the after effects of the 2010 earthquake and tsunami on interpersonal trust, a common proxy for social capital
Disasters as an Opportunity to Build Social Capital
(2015)
We study the enduring impact of disasters onsocial integrity by examining the after effects of the 2010 earthquake and tsunami on interpersonal trust, a common proxy for social capital
Relationships between COVID-19 and disaster risk in Costa Rican municipalities
(2023)
The COVID-19 pandemic has had far-reaching impacts on every aspect of human life since the first confirmed case in December 2019. Costa Rica reported its first case of COVID-19 in March 2020, coinciding with a notable ...
Natural disaster risk inequalities in Central America
(2022)
Central America is affected by geological and hydrometeorological hazards
that, together with its high exposure and vulnerability, comprise risky scenarios for disasters. This region presents a significant number of ...
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 ...
Historical vision of the response to the natural threats in Chile and opportunities of disaster risk management
(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 ...