The beautiful port city of Valparaíso, Chile is home to 42 colorful hills that overlook the Pacific Ocean. This unique city, however, is also home to multiple disasters, including urban and forest fires, tsunamis, landslides and earthquakes. This descriptive study explores the case of the 2014 “mega-fire” that destroyed 3,000 homes and affected the lives of 11,000 residents. Through five semi-structured interviews and the review of several academic and official documents, the present study analyzes the process of post-disaster reconstruction, seeking to understand the habitability and the resiliency of the reconstructed houses and neighborhoods. In order to understand the challenges of reconstruction after the 2014 mega-fire, this investiga...
Post-tsunami analysis of the evolution of resettlement and land use changes in affected areas has be...
ResumenEl incendio de 2014 en Valparaíso es considerado el mayor evento de estas características ocu...
Disaster relief housing after natural catastrophes is a crucial issue; the need for shelters has to ...
Constitucion was one of the cities worst affected by the 2010 earthquake and tsunami. Some of the ho...
The history of Chile has been fraught by natural and socionatural disasters. Nevertheless, research ...
The case of Valparaíso, is predominantly chosen because of its recent misfortune that has occurred i...
Constitución fue una de las ciudades del borde costero chileno más dañadas durante el terremoto y ts...
In this article, we analyze the process of resettlement, carried out by the State, of a group of vic...
The characteristics of landscape have a powerful effect on people and affect the way individuals use...
On Friday 27th February 2010 at 3:40 am, a terrible earthquake measuring 8.8 on the Richter scale ro...
Reconstruction in small and medium-sized Chilean cities that were affected by the earthquake and tsu...
The 2014 great Valparaíso fire had serious consequences on the urban areas of local hills as the res...
In face of the severe damage caused by the earthquake and subsequent tsunami of February 27 - 2010 o...
© 2015, Public Administration and Public Services Academy of Economic Studies. All right reserved.In...
Natural and manmade disasters have been increasing in the last decade all over the world affecting m...
Post-tsunami analysis of the evolution of resettlement and land use changes in affected areas has be...
ResumenEl incendio de 2014 en Valparaíso es considerado el mayor evento de estas características ocu...
Disaster relief housing after natural catastrophes is a crucial issue; the need for shelters has to ...
Constitucion was one of the cities worst affected by the 2010 earthquake and tsunami. Some of the ho...
The history of Chile has been fraught by natural and socionatural disasters. Nevertheless, research ...
The case of Valparaíso, is predominantly chosen because of its recent misfortune that has occurred i...
Constitución fue una de las ciudades del borde costero chileno más dañadas durante el terremoto y ts...
In this article, we analyze the process of resettlement, carried out by the State, of a group of vic...
The characteristics of landscape have a powerful effect on people and affect the way individuals use...
On Friday 27th February 2010 at 3:40 am, a terrible earthquake measuring 8.8 on the Richter scale ro...
Reconstruction in small and medium-sized Chilean cities that were affected by the earthquake and tsu...
The 2014 great Valparaíso fire had serious consequences on the urban areas of local hills as the res...
In face of the severe damage caused by the earthquake and subsequent tsunami of February 27 - 2010 o...
© 2015, Public Administration and Public Services Academy of Economic Studies. All right reserved.In...
Natural and manmade disasters have been increasing in the last decade all over the world affecting m...
Post-tsunami analysis of the evolution of resettlement and land use changes in affected areas has be...
ResumenEl incendio de 2014 en Valparaíso es considerado el mayor evento de estas características ocu...
Disaster relief housing after natural catastrophes is a crucial issue; the need for shelters has to ...