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- Summary:
- This document looks at the relationship between social risks, as they have emerged in Central America, and the region’s susceptibility to disaster. The document starts from the outset acknowledging an important shift within the disaster community, from a focus on the study of disasters to a focus on the notion of risk. This shift has also led to the development of comprehensive scientific approaches to dealing with disaster, specifically in regard to risk management and risk reduction. In his discussion of the case of Costa Rica, Rodriguez asserts that risk reduction strategies are irreversibly linked to sustainable development. This is true because the bridge that connects exposure to hazard with disaster is the vulnerability of structures, social relations, and economic processes within a society. Vulnerability, then, is the key element to observe and act upon when dealing with physical events that may lead to disasters. This understanding of the relationship between vulnerability and disaster was made possible by the innovative nature of the dialogue that emerged during the 1980’s amongst the Latin American scholars who debated within the LA RED framework. They debated on issues such as the social construction of risk, the territorial expression of risk and diversity of damage scales, diverse imaginaries of social actors in the same risk scenario, and risk management as an approach for intervention. According to Rodriguez, the convergence of a series of dynamic pressures has led to an increase in vulnerability in Central America. Vulnerability in Central America takes many forms, from physical vulnerability to political vulnerability. The study uses the DesInventar (Lared/ FLACSO) as the main source of data to study the case of Costa Rica. Rodriguez is critical of studies that analyze disasters as physical events, particularly focusing on the hazard component of disaster rather than the role that vulnerability plays in producing disaster. He argues that indicators of manifest risk can become a feasible methodology and a contribution to the study of disasters from the perspective of social vulnerability. Within this framework, disasters, ranging in scope from the smallest to the most destructive events, can become valuable in uncovering increasing vulnerabilities ( English )
- Subject:
- General Risk Management ( English )
- Subject:
- Poverty ( English )
- Subject:
- Development ( English )
- Scope and Content:
- PREFACIO p. 1; CAPITULO I LOS DESASTRES EN CUESTION p. 6; DOS VISIONES CONTRASTANTES: AMENAZA Y VULNERABILIDAD p. 7; EL RIESGO COMO CONCEPTO INTEGRADOR p. 13; LA GEOGRAFÍA Y EL ANÁLISIS DEL RIESGO p. 16; LOS DESAFÍOS METODOLÓGICOS PARA EVALUAR EL RIESGO: “NAVEGANDO ENTRE BRUMAS” p. 18; LA
MAESTRÍA EN GEOGRAFÍA Y LOS OBJETIVOS DEL PRESENTE TRABAJO p. 19; CAPITULO II LA CONFIGURACION DEL RIESGO EN AMERICA CENTRAL p. 23; AMÉRICA CENTRAL COMO ESCENARIO MULTIAMENAZA p. 23; AMENAZAS CONCATENADAS: EL CONTEXTO DEL PELIGRO EN AMÉRICA CENTRAL p. 32; LA CONFORMACIÓN ACTUAL DEL RIESGO: AMÉRICA CENTRAL VULNERABLE p. 33; CAPITULO III EL RIESGO MANIFIESTO: UN ANALISIS PARA COSTA RICA p. 44; LAS METODOLOGÍAS Y LA CARTOGRAFÍA DE EVALUACIÓN DEL RIESGO EN LA REGIÓN
p. 44; METODOLOGÍAS PARA EVALUACIÓN DE RIESGOS p. 45; DESINVENTAR: UNA BASE DE DATOS DIFERENTE p. 47; EL ANÁLISIS DE LOS DATOS PARA COSTA RICA p. 53; LA METODOLOGÍA DE ÍNDICES DE RIESGO MANIFIESTO p. 66; LA GEOGRAFÍA DEL RIESGO MANIFIESTO EN COSTA RICA p. 72; CAPITULO IV HACIA UNA GEOGRAFÍA DEL DAÑO p. 89; DESMENUZANDO EL RIESGO MANIFIESTO: FORTALEZAS Y FLAQUEZAS p. 89; EL ESCENARIO PARA LA EVALUACIÓN DEL RIESGO DESPUÉS DEL MITCH p. 95; RECAPITULANDO p. 101; FUENTES BIBLIOGRAFICAS p. 103; LAVELL , A. 1999. LA VULNERABILIDAD EN LAS MICROCUENCAS DE AMÉRICA CENTRAL p. 107; ORGANIZACIÓN DE LOS ESTADOS AMERICANOS (NO PUBLICADO) p. 107; ANEXO I: INDICE DE RIESGO TOTAL POR DISTRITO p. 110; CANTON p. 110; DISTRITO p. 110; ANEXO II: INDICE DE RIESGO POR DESLIZAMIENTOS p. 114; ANEXO III: INDICE DE RIESGOS POR INUNDACIONES p. 116; ANEXO IV: INDICE DE RIESGO POR VENDAVALES p. 119 ( Spanish )
- Citation/Reference:
- Rodriguez, H.E.S. (1999). El daño y la evaluacion del riesgo en America Central: una propuesta metodológica tomando como caso de estudio a Costa Rica. Red de Estudios Sociales en Prevención de Desastres en América Latina (LA RED).
- General Note:
- Tesis de Postgrado, Maestría en Geografía de la Universidad de Costa Rica, Septiembre 1999
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- Source Institution:
- Florida International University
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- Refer to main document/publisher for use rights.
- Resource Identifier:
- FI13042575
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