Outputs (4)

From Disaster Risk Construction to Disaster Risk Reduction: Exploring the Agency of Urban Land-Use Planning in Chile (2020)
Journal Article
Wyndham, K. E., Castro, C.-P., & Sarmiento, J.-P. (2021). From Disaster Risk Construction to Disaster Risk Reduction: Exploring the Agency of Urban Land-Use Planning in Chile. Planning Practice and Research, 36(1), 20-40. https://doi.org/10.1080/02697459.2020.1829285

This paper explores how the existing urban land-use regulatory framework and its associated planning practices in Chile have contributed to disaster risk construction in urban areas. It uses Actor Network Theory as an analytical framework, and in-dep... Read More about From Disaster Risk Construction to Disaster Risk Reduction: Exploring the Agency of Urban Land-Use Planning in Chile.

Transformation of social capital during and after a disaster event: the cases Chañaral and Diego de Almagro, Atacama Region, Chile (2020)
Journal Article
Castro-Correa, C.-P., Aldunce Ide, P., Wyndham Vásquez, K., Mena Maldonado, D., & Pérez Tello, S. (2020). Transformation of social capital during and after a disaster event: the cases Chañaral and Diego de Almagro, Atacama Region, Chile. Natural Hazards, 103(2), 2427–2440. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-020-04091-9

This article analyzes the impact of socio-natural disasters on social capital at a local level, studying the cases of the communities of Chañaral and Diego de Almagro after the flooding and mudflow disasters of 2015. Specifically, we explore differen... Read More about Transformation of social capital during and after a disaster event: the cases Chañaral and Diego de Almagro, Atacama Region, Chile.

Amenazas de origen natural y exposición de obras de conectividad estratégica en territorios extremos. Fiordo Comau, Norpatagonia de Chile (2019)
Journal Article
Soto, M. V., Arratia, P., Cabello, M., Moreno, R., & Whyndam, K. (2019). Amenazas de origen natural y exposición de obras de conectividad estratégica en territorios extremos. Fiordo Comau, Norpatagonia de Chile. Revista de geografía Norte Grande (En línea), 57-75. https://doi.org/10.4067/s0718-34022019000200057

The conditions of natural hazards and exposure of economic activities in a norpatagonic fjord, an extreme territory in continental Chiloé, was analyzed due to the lack of terrestrial communication routes. Although the population is scarce, not the ec... Read More about Amenazas de origen natural y exposición de obras de conectividad estratégica en territorios extremos. Fiordo Comau, Norpatagonia de Chile.

Disaster risk perception in urban contexts and for people with disabilities: case study on the city of Iquique (Chile) (2016)
Journal Article
Castro, C.-P., Sarmiento, J.-P., Edwards, R., Hoberman, G., & Wyndham, K. (2016). Disaster risk perception in urban contexts and for people with disabilities: case study on the city of Iquique (Chile). Natural Hazards, 86(1), https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-016-2698-x

About 15% of the world’s population suffers from some kind of disability. In addition to experiencing high rates of poverty, exclusion and lack of access to education, employment, health care, legal support and other services, individuals with disabi... Read More about Disaster risk perception in urban contexts and for people with disabilities: case study on the city of Iquique (Chile).