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- Permanent Link:
- http://dpanther.fiu.edu/dpService/dpPurlService/purl/FI13042553/00001
Material Information
- Title:
- Marginación de las instituciones de respuesta en casos de desastre la experiencia del fenomeno El Niño de 1997-1998 en Peru, Bolivia, y Ecuador
- Series Title:
- Special publication (University of Colorado, Boulder. Natural Hazards Research and Applications Invormation Center)
- Alternate title:
- Marginalization of disaster response institutions : the 1997-1998 El Niño experience in Peru, Bolivia, and Equador.
- Creator:
- Olson, Richard Stuart
Sarmiento Prieto, Juan Pablo
Olson, Robert A.
Gawronski, Vincent T.
Estrada, Amelia
Disaster Risk Reduction Program, Florida International University (DRR/FIU) ( summary contributor )
- Place of Publication:
- Boulder, CO
- Publisher:
- Natural Hazards Research and Applications Information Center. University of Colorado
- Publication Date:
- 2000
- Copyright Date:
- 2000
- Language:
- Spanish
English
Notes
- Summary:
- This document is a comparative study of the institutional preparedness of the Ecuadorian, Peruvian, and Bolivian governments in addressing the El Niño (the Southern Oscillation) of 1997-98. The document begins with a discussion of lessons learned and not learned following the previous El Niño in 1982-83, and the mitigation and disaster preparedness policies and programs established during periods between El Niño phenomena, if any were. Then focus is shifted towards an analysis of government action or inaction in the three Andean countries between June 1997 and August 1998 in response to the El Niño of that period. From the multiple visits to the three countries, a few common trends were revealed. First, it was not until the international media began discussing the potential threat that the 1997-98 El Niño posed to the region that these governments began to listen to their own scientific communities, who had been petitioning them to address these risks well before the foreign coverage. Second, as the effects of the 1997-98 El Niño intensified in all three countries, each government established new institutions to address the growing disaster risks rather than work through already existing civil defense structures, which were nearly completely marginalized. And lastly, each government response to the El Niño was tied to the particular socioeconomic and political contexts of that society. In Ecuador and in Peru, the El Niño and the government’s response were key campaign and election topics. In Bolivia, response efforts were strongly influenced by the process of government transition and coalition politics occurring at the time. The final section discusses the implications that these observations have for disaster mitigation and preparedness policies and programs. Two important lessons were gleaned from this study: 1) addressing disaster risk is not primarily an issue of government technical or administrative capacity, but rather a product of politics and institutional competition over the allocation of scarce resources; 2) disasters are themselves political events that place high demands on governments to take the right actions, and generate conflict over the influx of resources in response to the disaster. The types and levels of cooperation and conflict are determined by disaster needs and the socioeconomic and political context of the country at the time of the event. ( English )
- Subject:
- Politics ( English )
- Subject:
- General Disaster Risk Management ( English )
- Scope and Content:
- Agradecimientos y nota del editor p. 4; Resumen p. 5; I. Introducción p. 7; II. El marco de la evaluación p. 9; III. Antecedentes p. 13; IV. ENOS de 1997-1009: resumen de las consecuencias p. 15; V. Respuesta gubernamental-institucional al ENOS de 1997-1998 p. 21; VI. Causas de la marginación de la defensa civil en Ecuador, Perú y Bolivia p. 33; VII. Conclusión: ¿existe preparación para el próximo ENOS? p. 35; VIII. Epílogo: diciembre de 1999 p. 39; Referencias bilbiográficas p. 44; Los autores p. 46 ( Spanish )
Record Information
- Source Institution:
- Florida International University
- Rights Management:
- Refer to main document/publisher for use rights.
- Resource Identifier:
- FI13042553
45076151 ( oclc )
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