Catastrophes et religions : considérer la place des religions dans les recompositions urbaines à l’ère contemporaine
In Peru, natural phenomena have become a priority concern for civil defense. The damage caused by the last climate event was estimated at nearly three billion dollars and affected more than one million Peruvians.Risk and crisis management was taken over by civil defense in 1972 but still suffers fro...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Association AGF
2021-10-01
|
| Series: | Bulletin de l’Association de Géographes Français |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/bagf/7900 |
| Summary: | In Peru, natural phenomena have become a priority concern for civil defense. The damage caused by the last climate event was estimated at nearly three billion dollars and affected more than one million Peruvians.Risk and crisis management was taken over by civil defense in 1972 but still suffers from many dysfunctions. Between the policies of centralization and decentralization of competences and questionable management of public funds, the Peruvian population has developed a habit of developing action strategies outside the public authorities. Also, religious organizations present in the territory often seem to impose themselves in these situations as mediating actors between the different protagonists of crisis management. Their different social policies and their publicized transparency give them a significant power of action in these times of emergency.This article provides an analysis of the actors involved in the management of risks and crises related to natural phenomena in the Peruvian capital. By falling within the field of the geography of religions and political geography, it outlines the particular role of these religious organizations and the new spatialities they create within vulnerable neighbourhoods. |
|---|---|
| ISSN: | 0004-5322 2275-5195 |