What Did We Learn from April 2016 Earthquake? Ecuadorian Government Response to the Emergency
This article analyzes the response capacity of the Ecuadorian government facing the emergency produced by the earthquake on April 16, 2016. Based on a qualitative and explanatory research, the performance of public organizations from the central government to attend emergency situations is studied....
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2021 |
| País: | Ecuador |
| Institución: | Universidad Andina Simón Bolivar |
| Repositorio: | Revista Estudios de la Gestión |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:revistas.uasb.edu.ec:article/2846 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.uasb.edu.ec/index.php/eg/article/view/2846 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | administración pública gobierno local institucionalización prevención de desastres sismos public administration central government institutionalization disaster prevention earthquakes administração pública governo central institucionalização prevenção de desastres |
| Sumario: | This article analyzes the response capacity of the Ecuadorian government facing the emergency produced by the earthquake on April 16, 2016. Based on a qualitative and explanatory research, the performance of public organizations from the central government to attend emergency situations is studied. High complexity. Given that the country is located in a complicated tectonic zone, the possibility of occurrence of events such as the one that motivates this study is high. It is the duty of all levels of the government to develop strategies to face emergency situations. According to the literature, the prevention and advance preparation of the Executive and other actors is the best tool to face these situation challenges. For this, it is necessary to develop the organizational response capacities of all the public policy sectors that must actively participate in an emergency management, which includes a wide range of government action sectors. The study identifies sources of improvement in the organizational design, assignment of roles and responsibilities of the different public organizations involved; Improvements are also suggested in the design of protocols and procedures, as well as in the prevention and respo. JEL: H1 Structure and scope of government. |
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