VULNERABILITY ANALYSIS BASED ON TSUNAMI HAZARDS IN CRUCITA, CENTRAL COASTAL OF ECUADOR
In the coastal center of Ecuador is situated the touristic village of Crucita, which has 13 km large, very flat beach extension, being potentially extremely vulnerable by a future tsunami impact. Therefore, an extensive study has been performed about the vulnerability of the population, of the respo...
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| author | Julio Cesar Celorio-Saltos Jhonny Marcelo García-Arias Alfredo Bienvenido Guerra- Luqu Grey Barragan-Aroca Theofilos Toulkeridis |
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| description | In the coastal center of Ecuador is situated the touristic village of Crucita, which has 13 km large, very flat beach extension, being potentially extremely vulnerable by a future tsunami impact. Therefore, an extensive study has been performed about the vulnerability of the population, of the response authorities and of the infrastructure for tsunami hazards. Once the different variables were analyzed, the different levels of vulnerability in the population of the Crucita parish have been evidenced. In this framework, among the main findings have been the general low knowledge of the population about tsunamis and their hazards, the absence of evacuation plans, the high level of exposure of the physical infrastructure (housing, basic services and telecommunications), and the absence of institutional capacities to respond to a situation of emergencies and / or disasters in general, and of tsunamis in particular. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2a68e3bd59954b579d9efd4a029e8bc02022-12-21T23:35:26ZengTsunami Society InternationalScience of Tsunami Hazards8755-68392018-08-01373225263VULNERABILITY ANALYSIS BASED ON TSUNAMI HAZARDS IN CRUCITA, CENTRAL COASTAL OF ECUADORJulio Cesar Celorio-Saltos0Jhonny Marcelo García-Arias1Alfredo Bienvenido Guerra- Luqu2Grey Barragan-Aroca3Theofilos Toulkeridis4Escuela de Gestión de Riesgo, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud y del Ser Humano, Universidad Estatal de Bolívar, Guaranda, EcuadorEscuela de Gestión de Riesgo, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud y del Ser Humano, Universidad Estatal de Bolívar, Guaranda, EcuadorEscuela de Gestión de Riesgo, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud y del Ser Humano, Universidad Estatal de Bolívar, Guaranda, EcuadorEscuela de Gestión de Riesgo, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud y del Ser Humano, Universidad Estatal de Bolívar, Guaranda, EcuadorUniversidad de las Fuerzas Armadas ESPE, Sangolquí, Ecuador;Corresponding author: ttoulkeridis@espe.edu.ecIn the coastal center of Ecuador is situated the touristic village of Crucita, which has 13 km large, very flat beach extension, being potentially extremely vulnerable by a future tsunami impact. Therefore, an extensive study has been performed about the vulnerability of the population, of the response authorities and of the infrastructure for tsunami hazards. Once the different variables were analyzed, the different levels of vulnerability in the population of the Crucita parish have been evidenced. In this framework, among the main findings have been the general low knowledge of the population about tsunamis and their hazards, the absence of evacuation plans, the high level of exposure of the physical infrastructure (housing, basic services and telecommunications), and the absence of institutional capacities to respond to a situation of emergencies and / or disasters in general, and of tsunamis in particular.http://www.tsunamisociety.org/373Celorio-SaltosEtAl.pdfpopulation vulnerabilityeconomic vulnerabilityphysical structural vulnerabilityinstitutional capacitydegree of exposure |
| spellingShingle | Julio Cesar Celorio-Saltos Jhonny Marcelo García-Arias Alfredo Bienvenido Guerra- Luqu Grey Barragan-Aroca Theofilos Toulkeridis VULNERABILITY ANALYSIS BASED ON TSUNAMI HAZARDS IN CRUCITA, CENTRAL COASTAL OF ECUADOR Science of Tsunami Hazards population vulnerability economic vulnerability physical structural vulnerability institutional capacity degree of exposure |
| title | VULNERABILITY ANALYSIS BASED ON TSUNAMI HAZARDS IN CRUCITA, CENTRAL COASTAL OF ECUADOR |
| title_full | VULNERABILITY ANALYSIS BASED ON TSUNAMI HAZARDS IN CRUCITA, CENTRAL COASTAL OF ECUADOR |
| title_fullStr | VULNERABILITY ANALYSIS BASED ON TSUNAMI HAZARDS IN CRUCITA, CENTRAL COASTAL OF ECUADOR |
| title_full_unstemmed | VULNERABILITY ANALYSIS BASED ON TSUNAMI HAZARDS IN CRUCITA, CENTRAL COASTAL OF ECUADOR |
| title_short | VULNERABILITY ANALYSIS BASED ON TSUNAMI HAZARDS IN CRUCITA, CENTRAL COASTAL OF ECUADOR |
| title_sort | vulnerability analysis based on tsunami hazards in crucita central coastal of ecuador |
| topic | population vulnerability economic vulnerability physical structural vulnerability institutional capacity degree of exposure |
| url | http://www.tsunamisociety.org/373Celorio-SaltosEtAl.pdf |
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