When some kind of humanitarian disaster happens, one question comes to our mind. Would it have been possible to avoid the disaster? Other questions also seem reasonable: would it have been possible lighten the consequences?, would the disaster have been so destructive in a developed zone? The vulnerability concept arises related to these questions, as an approach of a disaster effects on populations and territories with different characteristics. Along this work, we develop a methodology to measure the vulnerability concept. This methodology is applied to the Mitch hurricane in Honduras case.[es] Cuando sucede alguna catástrofe humanitaria de cualquier tipo siempre surge, o al menos debería hacerlo, una pregunta: ¿se podría haber evitado?, ...
Cada año en el mundo se pierden miles de vidas como consecuencia de desastres naturales, muchos de e...
The concept of risk has become increasingly complex, and has been used not only in relation to the n...
The following introductory article addresses the vulnerability approach towards disasters in the soc...
In this work the vulnerability of populations to natural disasters is analyzed in order to know how ...
This paper analyses and quantifies the relative level of risk in a geographical area that is vulnera...
Hurricane Mitch struck Honduras in October 1998 with disastrous results. Lack of accessto adequate l...
Josefina's disaster back analysis (Ecuador, 1993). Contribution to vulnerability concept applied to ...
Carry out studies of vulnerability to the establishments of health aims to ensure the protection of ...
Las consecuencias de los desastres naturales están relacionadas de forma directa con la vulnerabilid...
This book aims to promote the debate in Brazil and across the Americas about disaster vulnerability ...
En el presente trabajo se describen las experiencias de dos localidades impactadas por el huracán Ka...
13 páginas, 2 figuras, 12 tablas.[ES] El trabajo pretende el estudio y cuantifi cación del riesgo r...
Este artículo describe los niveles de vulnerabilidad social de hogares desplazados por el terremoto ...
This book aims to promote the debate in Brazil and across the Americas about disaster vulnerability ...
The concept of risk has become increasingly complex, and has been used not only in relation to the n...
Cada año en el mundo se pierden miles de vidas como consecuencia de desastres naturales, muchos de e...
The concept of risk has become increasingly complex, and has been used not only in relation to the n...
The following introductory article addresses the vulnerability approach towards disasters in the soc...
In this work the vulnerability of populations to natural disasters is analyzed in order to know how ...
This paper analyses and quantifies the relative level of risk in a geographical area that is vulnera...
Hurricane Mitch struck Honduras in October 1998 with disastrous results. Lack of accessto adequate l...
Josefina's disaster back analysis (Ecuador, 1993). Contribution to vulnerability concept applied to ...
Carry out studies of vulnerability to the establishments of health aims to ensure the protection of ...
Las consecuencias de los desastres naturales están relacionadas de forma directa con la vulnerabilid...
This book aims to promote the debate in Brazil and across the Americas about disaster vulnerability ...
En el presente trabajo se describen las experiencias de dos localidades impactadas por el huracán Ka...
13 páginas, 2 figuras, 12 tablas.[ES] El trabajo pretende el estudio y cuantifi cación del riesgo r...
Este artículo describe los niveles de vulnerabilidad social de hogares desplazados por el terremoto ...
This book aims to promote the debate in Brazil and across the Americas about disaster vulnerability ...
The concept of risk has become increasingly complex, and has been used not only in relation to the n...
Cada año en el mundo se pierden miles de vidas como consecuencia de desastres naturales, muchos de e...
The concept of risk has become increasingly complex, and has been used not only in relation to the n...
The following introductory article addresses the vulnerability approach towards disasters in the soc...