Earthquake Disasters In Latin America

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Earthquake Disasters In Latin America

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Author : Heriberta Castaños
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2012-01-03

Earthquake Disasters In Latin America written by Heriberta Castaños and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-01-03 with Nature categories.

This book is an attempt to demonstrate the analytical power of the holistic approach for understanding disasters. Six major earthquakes in Latin America are used as an example: the general idea is to place disasters in a broad social and regional context. Understanding disasters is a way of understanding the social system. The idea is to show that every major disaster is unique and different. Statistical methods may be useful for purposes of risk estimation but modern disasters are "systemic" and complex. In the chapter on the 2010 Chile earthquake we discuss the tsunami and why the system of tsunami alert did not work. The introductory chapter contains some basics of seismology (plate tectonics) and earthquake engineering. The 1985 Mexico earthquake describes why geology is important. Why was Mexico City founded in a lake? Technology must be adapted to the environment, not "imported" from possibly more advanced but different societies. The 1970 Peru earthquake is an example of disaster in a unique environment. Caracas 1967 takes us on a survey of different engineering solutions. And the 1960 Chile earthquake leads us on a retrospective survey--what has changed in Chile between the two major Chile earthquakes? A discussion on Charles Darwin’s observations of the 1835 Chile earthquake provides a fitting summary.

Natural Hazards And Human Exacerbated Disasters In Latin America

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Author : Edgardo Latrubesse
language : en
Publisher: Elsevier
Release Date : 2009-09-10

Natural Hazards And Human Exacerbated Disasters In Latin America written by Edgardo Latrubesse and has been published by Elsevier this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-09-10 with Nature categories.

The main objective of the book is to offer a vision of the dynamics of the main disasters in South America, describing their mechanisms and consequences on South American societies. The chapters are written by selected specialists of each country. Human-induced disasters are also included, such as desertification in Patagonia and soil erosion in Brazil. The receding of South-American glaciers as a response to recent climatic trends and sea-level scenarios are discussed. The approach is broad in analyzing causes and consequences and includes social and economic costs, discussing environmental and planning problems, but always describing the geomorphologic/geologic involved processes with a good scientific substantiation. This is important to differentiate the book from others of a more 'social' impact that discuss risks and disasters with emphases mainly on economy and simple impacts. - Actual theme, interesting for a variety of professionals - Fills in the scarcity of specialized literature in geosciences from South America - The first book in the market exclusively devoted to geomorphology of disasters in South America

Natural Disasters In Latin America And The Caribbean

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Author : June Carolyn Erlick
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2021-02-03

Natural Disasters In Latin America And The Caribbean written by June Carolyn Erlick and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-02-03 with History categories.

Natural Disasters in Latin America and the Caribbean: Coping with Calamity explores the relationship between natural disasters and civil society, immigration and diaspora communities and the long-term impact on emotional health. Natural disasters shape history and society and, in turn, their long-range impact is determined by history and society. This is especially true in Latin America and the Caribbean, where climate change is increasing the frequency and intensity of these extreme events. Ranging from pre-Columbian flooding in the Andes to the devastation of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico, this book focuses on long-range recovery and recuperation, rather than short-term disaster relief. Written in the time of the coronavirus pandemic, the author shows how lessons learned about civil society, governance, climate change, inequality and trauma from natural disasters have their echoes in the challenges of today’s uncertain world. This book is well-suited to the classroom and will be an asset to students of Latin American history, environmental history and historical memory.

Investigating Natural Hazards In Latin American History

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Author : Robert H. Claxton
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1986

Investigating Natural Hazards In Latin American History written by Robert H. Claxton and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with Human beings categories.

Economic And Social Progress In Latin America

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Author : Inter-American Development Bank
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1972

Economic And Social Progress In Latin America written by Inter-American Development Bank and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1972 with Latin America categories.

Planning For Crisis Relief Planning From Earthquake Disasters

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1988

Planning For Crisis Relief Planning From Earthquake Disasters written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with Disaster relief categories.

Aftershocks

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Author : Jürgen Buchenau
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009

Aftershocks written by Jürgen Buchenau and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with History categories.

In using natural disasters as a way to study societal and especially political change, the essays in this volume illustrate the immediate as well as the long term consequences of destruction.

Geo Latin America And The Caribbean

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Author : United Nations Environment Programme
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000

Geo Latin America And The Caribbean written by United Nations Environment Programme and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Science categories.

This report considers the general state of the environment across the Latin America and the Caribbean region, within the UNEP's Global Environment Outlook (GEO) process. It discusses the options for the integration of environmental concerns into the mainstream of policy-making, in order to promote a sustainable regional environmental vision which facilitates the conservation of the region's natural resources.

Index To Latin American Periodical Literature 1929 1960

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Author : Columbus Memorial Library
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1962

Index To Latin American Periodical Literature 1929 1960 written by Columbus Memorial Library and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1962 with Latin America categories.

Disaster Writing

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Author : Mark D. Anderson
language : en
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Release Date : 2011-10-17

Disaster Writing written by Mark D. Anderson and has been published by University of Virginia Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-10-17 with Literary Criticism categories.

In the aftermath of disaster, literary and other cultural representations of the event can play a role in the renegotiation of political power. In Disaster Writing, Mark D. Anderson analyzes four natural disasters in Latin America that acquired national significance and symbolism through literary mediation: the 1930 cyclone in the Dominican Republic, volcanic eruptions in Central America, the 1985 earthquake in Mexico City, and recurring drought in northeastern Brazil. Taking a comparative and interdisciplinary approach to the disaster narratives, Anderson explores concepts such as the social construction of risk, landscape as political and cultural geography, vulnerability as the convergence of natural hazard and social marginalization, and the cultural mediation of trauma and loss. He shows how the political and historical contexts suggest a systematic link between natural disaster and cultural politics.