Case study: Lajas Compartir, a rapprochement to environmental displacement in Costa Rica
The present case study describes the work carried out under the Environmentally-Displaced People Project: new processes of exclusion in Costa Rica, executed by the Institute of Social Studies in Population (IDESPO) of the Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica. It describes the displacement experienced by...
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| Formato: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2019 |
| País: | Costa Rica |
| Recursos: | Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica |
| Repositorio: | Portal de Revistas UNA |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:www.revistas.una.ac.cr:article/13214 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/geografica/article/view/13214 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palavra-chave: | Calle Lajas Environmental displacement Risk management Landslid desplazamiento ambiental gestión del riesgo deslizamiento y avalancha |
| Resumo: | The present case study describes the work carried out under the Environmentally-Displaced People Project: new processes of exclusion in Costa Rica, executed by the Institute of Social Studies in Population (IDESPO) of the Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica. It describes the displacement experienced by the community of Calle Lajas due to a landslide that occurred on November 3, 2010, which resulting in human fatalities and material losses including the relocation of the community to the current Lajas Compartir settlement. The situation experienced by the relocated community was assessed by a census and interviewing its population; both surveying techniques evidenced the challenges and lessons learned involved in risk management and attending populations that experience environmental displacements. |
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