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Desastres, crise e justiça ambiental: reflexões a partir do contexto brasileiroDisasters, environmental crisis and environmental justice: reflections from the brazilian context
(Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro. Departamento de Serviço Social, 2023)
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 ...
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 ...
Evaluation report of the training course on disaster assessment methodology
(ECLAC, Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean, 2016-05-12)
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 the Disaster Assessment Methodology. The organization’s ...
Analysis of change detection techniques for disaster mapping using remote sensing dataAnálise de técnicas de detecção de mudança para mapeamento de desastres com uso de dados de sensoriamento remoto
(2020-03-01)
In recent years Brazil has suffered a series of environmental disasters that impaired its society, economy, and biodiversity in immeasurable levels. The use of remote sensing data rises as a fundamental source when analyzing ...
Identificación y análisis de los factores de riesgo para el fortalecimiento del esquema de ordenamiento territorial del municipio de Chipaque, Cundinamarca
(Universidad de La Salle. Facultad de Ingeniería. Ingeniería Ambiental y Sanitaria, 2017)
Reputation and right to information: the communication of Samarco mining company in the case of Mariana (Minas Gerais, Brazil) environmental disaster
(Univ Malaga, Inst Investigacion Relaciones Publicas, 2016-07-01)
The present article aims to analyze whether the intention of an organization, when informing their actions during a crisis, is merely work for its image and reputation or a manner of guaranteeing the right to information ...
Populações vulneráveis e a suscetibilidade aos efeitos dos desastres ambientais: uma abordagem jurídica
(Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, 2013)
This study aimed to investigate which factors contribute to the frequency and intensity increase of environmental disasters in recent decades, and seek to understand the vulnerability of the populations involved, analyzing ...