Natural Disasters In Latin America And The Caribbean

Author : June Carolyn Erlick
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000335186
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Natural Disasters in Latin America and the Caribbean written by June Carolyn Erlick and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-02-03 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Céline Charvériat
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Natural Disasters in Latin America and the Caribbean written by Céline Charvériat and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 : 9789275121146
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A World Safe from Natural Disasters written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication is a comprehensive look at how the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean have dealt with the enormous and recurring impact of natural disasters on their lives and fragile economies. Published as a contribution from this Region to the World Conference on Natural Disaster Reduction in 1994, the book traces the transition from an era of improvised response and poorly coordinated international assistance to the more aggressive stance on disaster preparedness and prevention taken in many countries today.--Publisher's description.

Author : Caroline L. Clarke
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 27 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Facing the Challenge of Natural Disasters in Latin America and the Caribbean written by Caroline L. Clarke and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Edgardo Latrubesse
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 0080932185
Total Pages : 535 pages
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Download or read book Natural Hazards and Human-Exacerbated Disasters in Latin America written by Edgardo Latrubesse and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2009-09-10 with total page 535 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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

Author : J. R. Jovel
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Economic and Social Consequences of Natural Disasters in Latin America and the Caribbean written by J. R. Jovel and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : María Paula Vincent Bertiz
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Social Vulnerability and Adaptation to Natural Disasters in Latin America and the Caribbean written by María Paula Vincent Bertiz and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ricardo Zapata
Publisher : United Nations Publications
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Economic Impact of Disasters written by Ricardo Zapata and published by United Nations Publications. This book was released on 2009 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the last 35 years the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has assessed major disasters in the Latin American region. Based on those exercises, which that have been conducted in a systematic manner using an evolving but comparable methodology over the years, there is now historical evidence of the economic consequences these events have on the region's economies. This evidence-based approach sheds light on the link between economic performance, development dynamics and how disasters, as "external" shocks, generate lingering effects of different relative importance. The publication describes economic impact of disasters in Latin America and the Caribbean, presents evidence of environmental damage and losses associated with disasters, and assesses impact of disasters on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Water Resources of Latin America and the Caribbean written by and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Thomas Bowen
Publisher : World Bank Publications
ISBN 13 : 1464815755
Total Pages : 155 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Adaptive Social Protection written by Thomas Bowen and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2020-06-12 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adaptive social protection (ASP) helps to build the resilience of poor and vulnerable households to the impacts of large, covariate shocks, such as natural disasters, economic crises, pandemics, conflict, and forced displacement. Through the provision of transfers and services directly to these households, ASP supports their capacity to prepare for, cope with, and adapt to the shocks they face—before, during, and after these shocks occur. Over the long term, by supporting these three capacities, ASP can provide a pathway to a more resilient state for households that may otherwise lack the resources to move out of chronically vulnerable situations. Adaptive Social Protection: Building Resilience to Shocks outlines an organizing framework for the design and implementation of ASP, providing insights into the ways in which social protection systems can be made more capable of building household resilience. By way of its four building blocks—programs, information, finance, and institutional arrangements and partnerships—the framework highlights both the elements of existing social protection systems that are the cornerstones for building household resilience, as well as the additional investments that are central to enhancing their ability to generate these outcomes. In this report, the ASP framework and its building blocks have been elaborated primarily in relation to natural disasters and associated climate change. Nevertheless, many of the priorities identified within each building block are also pertinent to the design and implementation of ASP across other types of shocks, providing a foundation for a structured approach to the advancement of this rapidly evolving and complex agenda.