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Disaster risk construction in the progressive consolidation of informal settlements: Iquique and Puerto Montt (Chile) case studies (2015)
Journal Article
Castro, C. P., Ibarra, I., Lukas, M., Ortiz, J., & Sarmiento, J. P. (2015). Disaster risk construction in the progressive consolidation of informal settlements: Iquique and Puerto Montt (Chile) case studies. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 13, 109-127. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2015.05.001

The relationship between informality and vulnerability, common in Latin American communities, is analyzed using data from two medium-sized cities in the Chilean urban system as case studies: Iquique, located in the northern desert zone of the country... Read More about Disaster risk construction in the progressive consolidation of informal settlements: Iquique and Puerto Montt (Chile) case studies.

Geodynamic conditions resulting from the earthquake and tsunami of 2010 on the coast of central Chile. The case of Pichilemu (2015)
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Soto, M., Arriagada, J., Castro-Correa, C. P., Ibarra, I., & Rodolfi, G. (in press). Geodynamic conditions resulting from the earthquake and tsunami of 2010 on the coast of central Chile. The case of Pichilemu. Revista de geografía Norte Grande (En línea), https://doi.org/10.4067/s0718-34022015000100005

The earthquake and tsunami of 2010, triggered changes in the geomorphological and sedimentary dynamics along the coast of Pichilemu, in central Chile. These changes were evidenced through the retreat and erosion of sandy beaches and coastal sand dune... Read More about Geodynamic conditions resulting from the earthquake and tsunami of 2010 on the coast of central Chile. The case of Pichilemu.