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Humans , Male , Female , Triage/methods , Triage , Critical Care/legislation & jurisprudence , Critical Care/methods , Critical Care/organization & administration , 34661/methods , Post Disaster Resettlement , Triage/organization & administration , Triage/supply & distribution , Triage/trends , 35158Subject(s)
Disaster Victims , Human Rights , Post Disaster Resettlement , 23543 , Risk Groups , TsunamisABSTRACT
La reubicación de las comunidades, ya sea causada por un desastre o un proyecto de desarrollo, se caracteriza por varios riesgos sociales y de salud publica. Estos riesgos incluyen el desempleo, la pérdida de tierras la pérdida de hogares, marginalización, inseguridad alimentaria, el acceso a propiedad comunal, la polarización económica, la desarticulacion social y los aumentos en la mortalidad y morbilidad(Cernea 1997, Partridge et. al. 1982).
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Poverty Areas , Post Disaster Reconstruction , Rehabilitation , Rural Economy , Socioeconomic Factors , Honduras , Post Disaster Resettlement , Housing , Risk GroupsABSTRACT
The experience gained in after - earthquake reconstruction in Maharashtra State of India is described herein. The items mainly presented are: the total rehabilitation program involving relocation of villages and reconstruction in-situ, damage assessment methodology and retrofitting and construction technology options. Some issues are also discussed: relocation versus ins-situ construction, appropiateness of technology to be adopted, and role of NGO's and voluntary agencies and coordination with the governmental efforts. Lessons aredrawn towards suitable time frame and reconstruction approach for developing countries such as India especially for the disastrous damage in rural areas. (AU)
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Earthquakes , Post Disaster Resettlement , Post Disaster Reconstruction , Buildings Reconstruction , Disaster Effects on Buildings , Damage Assessment in Infrastructure , Rehabilitation , IndiaABSTRACT
El informe presenta los resultados de la visita que sobre el terreno se llevó a cabo en el municipio de Calarcá donde la OPS ejecuta un proyecto en "desarrollo humano sostenible para el logro de un Municipio saludable". Así mismo describe brevemente el resultado del Taller sobre manejo de alojamientos temporales para autoridades locales y ONG's que operan en el área; presenta algunas conclusiones y recomendaciones de fondo para el mejoramiento de la calidad de vida de las personas en los alojamientos.(AU)
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Emergency Shelter , Disaster Risk Zone , Emergency Shelter , Colombia , Post Disaster Resettlement , 23543 , Medical AssistanceSubject(s)
Floods , Rural Economy , Diagnosis , Post Disaster Resettlement , Honduras , Forestry , Post Disaster ReconstructionABSTRACT
El uso de infraestructura educativa como albergue ante una emergencia. Expresa los aspectos a considerar para una adecuada administración de la escuela como albergue: la organización, la salud, la cocina, el uso de los sanitarios y letrina, bienestar social, los valores de confianza mutua, comunicación, cooperación, solución de problemas y convivencia. También desarrolla temas como la importancia de realizar actividades educativas y recreativas con los ocupantes del albergue
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Housing , Post Disaster Resettlement , Handbook , 23543 , Communitarian Organization , Schools , 34661 , Epidemiology of Disasters , Emergency ShelterABSTRACT
Las tormentas tropicales que azotan cada año el país venezolano, han covertido la perdida de viviendas en un hecho recurrente. En agosto de 1993, la tormenta Breth se desató con tal furia, que aón se le conoce con el fenómeno de mayores estragos que a causado en la historia de las tormentas en Venezuela. El presente estudio se realizó con los damnificados de este evento, utilizando las entrevistas en profundidad como el instrumento principal de análisis. Este artículo, describe en primer lugar, el contexto enel que residían los participantes del estudio antes del desastre que los dejó a la intemperie, así como los indicadores de riesgo identificados por los residentes, y los mecanismos que emplearon para afrontarlos. Posteriormente incorporamos la reflexión que hacen las victimas de su experiencia vivida durante el derrumbe, y concluimos con la interpretación de los resultados que elaboraron acerca de su reubicación. Por último alcanzamos a manera de aporte algunas recomendaciones conducentes a prevenir y/o reducir el riesgo, a enfrentar mejor el impacto psicológico producido por la perdida de la vivienda, y a tomar medidas que contribuyan a mejorar la calidad de vida de las familias reubicadas. (AU)
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Disasters , Social Perception , Post Disaster Resettlement , Venezuela , 34661 , Vulnerability AnalysisSubject(s)
Warfare , Housing , Human Settlements , Post Disaster Resettlement , Liberia , Damage Assessment , Damage Assessment in InfrastructureSubject(s)
23543 , Post Disaster Resettlement , Post Disaster Reconstruction , India , Asia , Risk FactorsSubject(s)
Earthquakes , Avalanches , Risk Assessment , Damage Assessment , Post Disaster Resettlement , Disaster Planning , ColombiaABSTRACT
Two vigorous weather systems during the second half of August 1994 brought in deep levels of moisture out of the Bering Sea to northwest Alaska. With each system, strong northwesterly flow caused heavy precipitation, first as the warm moist air was brought in over the existing cold air, and again in advance of the passage of the cold front. Rain was heaviest on west- and southwest-facing slopes, enhanced by the terrain upslope. Due to the southwest-northeast orientation of the Koyukuk River basin, it was hit especially hard by these rains
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Floods , 34661 , Fluvial Erosion , Rivers , Alaska , Damage Assessment , Local Health Strategies , Post Disaster ResettlementABSTRACT
On April 16, 1994, a major ice jam transformed the main street of Fort Fairfield, Maine, into a river of rushing flood waters and large chunks of ice. The towns's commercial center sits about 100 yards south of the Aroostook River, which, on that day was jammed with ice, sending its waters out into the adjancent floodplains. On the north side of the river, raging flood water and cascading blocks of ice devastated a neighborhood containing about 30 homes and several businesses. The flood recovery effort successfully carried out in the Town of Fort Fairfield offers a model for other recovery initiatives involving local, state, and federal government partnerships. A high degree of independence and skepticism about the federal government exist in rural areas and small towns. A recovery plan or mitigation strategy that is dictated by federal and state agencies is likely to fail. A more appropriate role for federal and state agencies can be to assist local officials and citizens in clearly identifying recovery options and the benefits and costs of each
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Floods , Local Health Strategies , Practice Valuation and Purchase , Ownership , Post Disaster Resettlement , Maine , Relief Work , 34661 , 50207 , Costs and Cost Analysis , Technical Cooperation , Community ParticipationABSTRACT
Natural processes cause hazards when shoreline recession or flooding threatens coastal development. Change of the coastline itself is not hazardous until something of value is threatened. The major causes of coastal hazards are storm surge, sea-level rise, erosion, and inlet migration. In recent decades human activity has become a major cause of coastal erosion. Coastal Maine sea levels can become elevated one meter (three feet) under a storm's center and may persist for the duration of the storm. This elevation is superimposed on and is independent of the tides. The threat of coastal flooding and erosion is greatest when a storm surge is superimposed on spring or perigean high tides. The recognition of coastal hazards from erosion and flooding is useful in directing public policy that may reduce the loss of property and life. Erosion rates could be used to determine a setback line in coastal sand dunes. New development could be concentrated landward of one or more setback lines in order to reduce future losses