Cada persona puede encontrar en su propia historia experiencias de desastres y, aunque estos puedan parecer inevitables, no lo son. Es posible emplear estrategias de preparación y mitigación para disminuir el impacto de eventos naturales y antrópicos en las personas y en su entorno. Por eso, podemos decir que los desastres son socionaturales, pues su ocurrencia es un proceso complejo que depende, en gran medida, de las decisiones que tomamos como colectivos e individuos, y que producen impactos diferenciados en quienes habitan los territorios. Ciencia con impacto se presenta como un compendio de documentos que surgieron en el marco de la serie Policy Papers del Centro de Investigación para la Gestión Integrada del Riesgo de Desastres (CIGIDEN), y tiene por objeto relevar la capacidad de incidencia de la investigación científica en la política pública. La misión de esta serie ha sido recoger, en textos cortos y direccionados, la investigación que realiza este centro hace más de diez años en torno a la gestión del riesgo de desastres, para vincularla estratégicamente hacia las y los tomadores de decisiones. Este libro presenta trece escritos construidos a partir de experiencias participativas, inter y multidisciplinarias. En ellos observamos aportes concretos a la política pública, generados en el marco de un centro científico que incorpora diversos saberes, tiene incidencia en la sociedad civil, ha acogido la necesidad de la perspectiva de género, y además trabaja en conjunto con comunidades que tienen formas a veces muy distintas de aproximarse a la comprensión y a la gestión del riesgo de desastres. “Este libro nos invita, a quienes legislamos, a reconocer los desafíos, pero, sobre todo, a avanzar en propuestas antes de que sea demasiado tarde”. Gael Yeomans, diputada por el Distrito 13 de la Región Metropolitana de Santiago. “Este libro es un llamado a la acción, proporcionando una brújula para abordar los desafíos actuales y futuros en la gestión del riesgo de desastres en Chile”. Hernán de Solminihac, profesor titular Ingeniería UC, Clapes UC y presidente del Colegio de Ingenieros de Chile.

La Unidad Nacional para la Gestión del Riesgo de Desastres (UNGRD) a través de la Comisión Nacional Asesora de Investigación en Gestión del Riesgo de Desastres en cumplimiento de la misionalidad, de los planes y la agenda internacional, presentan el: Libro de Investigaciones en Gestión del Riesgo de Desastres para Colombia, el cual recopila avances, perspectivas y casos de estudio; reconociendo la importancia de las investigaciones. Esta publicación desarrolla capítulos relacionados con: ingeniería sísmica, fenómenos hidrometeorológicos, análisis y evaluación del riesgo, reducción del riesgo, aspectos históricos, educación del riesgo, comunicación del riesgo y casos de estudio; permitiendo presentar al público en general las investigaciones actuales en materia de gestión del riesgo de desastres, puntos clave y recomendaciones, el cual es el inicio de diferentes publicaciones divulgativas en conocimiento del riesgo, que muestran los aportes de la academia, entidades técnico-científicas y otros actores del SNGRD.

Droughts occur in arid and semi-arid areas of the world, but also in humid areas, and can develop over short periods (flash drought) or longer periods (seasons/decades). Even though progress has been made, it remains difficult to adequately characterize, monitor, forecast and manage droughts, due to their multi-faceted nature.Usually, drought does

This volume provides a comprehensive discussion and overview of urban resilience, including socio-ecological and economic hazard and disaster resilience. It provides a summary of state of the art thinking on resilience, the different approaches, tools and methodologies for understanding the subject in urban contexts, and brings together related reflections and initiatives. Throughout the different chapters, the handbook critically examines and reviews the resilience concept from various disciplinary and professional perspectives. It also discusses major urban crises, past and recent, and the generic lessons they provide for resilience. In this context, the authors provide case studies from different places and times, including historical material and contemporary examples, and studies that offer concrete guidance on how to approach urban resilience. Other chapters focus on how current understanding of urban systems – such as shrinking cities, green infrastructure, disaster volunteerism, and urban energy systems – are affecting the capacity of urban citizens, settlements and nation-states to respond to different forms and levels of stressors and shocks. The handbook concludes with a synthesis of the state of the art knowledge on resilience and points the way forward in refining the conceptualization and application of urban resilience. The book is intended for scholars and graduate students in urban studies, environmental and sustainability studies, geography, planning, architecture, urban design, political science and sociology, for whom it will provide an invaluable and up-to-date guide to current approaches across these disciplines that converge in the study of urban resilience. The book also provides important direction to practitioners and civic leaders who are engaged in supporting cities and regions to position themselves for resilience in the face of climate change, unpredictable socioenvironmental shocks and incremental risk accumulation.

This book challenges the concept of ‘urban resilience’ by exploring its impact and limitations in three cities. Resilience has become a buzzword in science, industry, and policy, and this volume offers a fresh perspective on urban resilience as a regulatory and constitutive principle of governance in cities. Cities constitute an extremely relevant playground for resilience, as they are exposed to various disruptions, from natural disasters and pandemics to political conflicts and terrorism. This book traces the evolution of urban resilience, from international development organizations to local governments and communities. It explores how this concept was adopted and mobilized by different actors for different purposes, and analyses the resulting resilience momentum in Barcelona, San Francisco, and Santiago. The book outlines the extent to which resilience has become a universal policy tool and a desired end-state, despite its clearly problematic definition. It also contributes to the discussion about contemporary governance, safety and security in times when their very nature and feasibility are being questioned. This book will be of much interest to students of resilience studies, urban studies, development studies, human geography and international relations.

This volume presents a collection of contributions that were published in "Pure and Applied Geophysics - pageoph" and which deals with the major earthquake that hit Illapel, Chile on September 16, 2015 with magnitude 8.3, and associated trans-oceanic tsunami. The subducting Nazca plate beneath the Andes caused this major earthquake, generating strong shaking, permanent deformation, free oscillations of the Earth, and tsunamis. This event occurred in the flat-angle subducting segment of the plate.The generated tsunami spread throughout the entire Pacific Ocean and was recorded by numerous coastal tide gauges and open-ocean DART stations. All articles give an up-to-date account of research in one of the most active seismic zones worldwide. An introductory article by Kenji Satake rounds this collection off.