Artículo de revista
Disaster Risk M anagement related to heavy Rainfall: Case Study Agüita de la Perdiz, Chile
Fecha
2009Registro en:
DKKV Publication Series 38
978-3-933181-44-2
Autor
Aldunce Ide, Paulina
Institución
Resumen
The community "Agüita de la Perdiz" is
located within the city of Concepción
which is the second largest city in
Chile. Due to the fact that the area is
only accessible by one single road,the
community is characterized by a
strong sense of identity w ith high levels
of community organization and
participation. (see also D ebels et al.
2008). On June 26th 2005 a precipitation
event of 162.2 mm in 24 hours occurred
which was an amount that had
not been experienced during the last
142 years. Physical vulnerability such
as settlements on high slopes exposed
to high landslide risk as w ell as social
vulnerability created through high levels
of poverty, inhospitable conditions
and the illegal occupation of the area
led to the partial or totaldestruction of
almost 100 homes.