Titlebook: Earthquake Disasters in Latin America; A Holistic Approach Heriberta Casta?os,Cinna Lomnitz Book 2012 The Author(s) 2012 Catastrophe theory

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https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2810-3Catastrophe theory; Disaster studies; Earthquake hazard; Risk governance; Sociology of risk; Vulnerabilit

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Sidney B. Cahn,Boris E. NadgornyThe Peru disaster is an example of how different natural and social systems can couple to produce a major failure. Climate change may have intervened by destabilizing the high-altitude glacier that caused the zero-survivor obliteration of Yungay in 1970. Possible measures of prevention against siliar accidents are discussed.

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https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-02848-1A review of significant earthquakes in Latin America is provided. The definition of a “significant earthquake” may vary from country to country. Latin America is a highly variegated region of high seismic risk.

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The 2010 Haiti Earthquake,What happens when everything goes wrong? Haiti is an example of a disaster with too many causes. Disaster culture in a nation cannot rely exclusively on importing technology from abroad. There must be a local basis for development grounded in education.

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A List of Significant Earthquakes in Latin America,A review of significant earthquakes in Latin America is provided. The definition of a “significant earthquake” may vary from country to country. Latin America is a highly variegated region of high seismic risk.

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