Risk assessment and public policy in the canton of Desamparados, Costa Rica
Desamparados is one of the counties most affected by natural hazards each year in Costa Rica during the last 45 years. Their physical-geographical and socioeconomic characteristics, urban development without effective land use planning on risk areas generate economic and human losses. This political...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2018 |
| País: | Costa Rica |
| Institución: | Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica |
| Repositorio: | Portal de Revistas UNA |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:www.revistas.una.ac.cr:article/10656 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/uniciencia/article/view/10656 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | natural hazards disasters vulnerability land use planning Desamparados riesgos naturales desastres vulnerabilidad ordenamiento territorial |
| Sumario: | Desamparados is one of the counties most affected by natural hazards each year in Costa Rica during the last 45 years. Their physical-geographical and socioeconomic characteristics, urban development without effective land use planning on risk areas generate economic and human losses. This political-administrative unit is a real challenge to manage disaster risk and land use planning from public policy as it mixes a number of rural and urban landscapes, in addition to the recurring impact of landslides and floods with hindered legal framework for address these social and environmental problems. |
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