Latin American Studies on Disaster Risk Reduction in the Context of the Covid-19 Pandemic
Practically no government, institution or community has remained indifferent to the COVID-19 pandemic. This crisis has been pointed out in many places as a 'disaster'. For this reason, REDER has considered appropriate to dedicate a brief but necessary reflection on the meaning of and lesso...
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Corporación Gestión de Riesgos y Desastres GRID-Chile
2020-07-01
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| author | Adriana Allen Juan Pablo Sarmiento Vicente Sandoval |
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| description | Practically no government, institution or community has remained indifferent to the COVID-19 pandemic. This crisis has been pointed out in many places as a 'disaster'. For this reason, REDER has considered appropriate to dedicate a brief but necessary reflection on the meaning of and lessons to be learned from this pandemic in the context of Latin American studies on disaster risk reduction and prevention. The authors argue that the pandemic has exposed the structural inequalities that shape the uneven impacts among different social groups. According to the authors, five aspects need to be highlighted: the under-recorded impacts of the crisis; differentiation between 'similar' protection measures from 'egalitarian' protection; how to prevent stigmatization; design and implementation of responses based on a human rights approach to habitat; and time to act addressing the postponed development challenges. Finally, the authors look at the differences between the existing interpretative frameworks in the management of public health emergencies and in that of socio-natural risks. These could guide research processes that enable a better understanding of the dynamics and risk factors in the future, and therefore inform transformative decision-making. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4c1d4854853f49feb387d112fc0457492023-11-02T06:36:25ZengCorporación Gestión de Riesgos y Desastres GRID-ChileRevista de Estudios Latinoamericanos sobre Reducción del Riesgo de Desastres0719-84772020-07-01421610.55467/reder.v4i2.4646Latin American Studies on Disaster Risk Reduction in the Context of the Covid-19 PandemicAdriana Allen0Juan Pablo Sarmiento1Vicente Sandoval21) The Bartlett Development Planning Unit, University College London. 2) Coalición Internacional del Hábitat (HIC).Extreme Events Institute, Florida International University.Disaster Research Unit, Freie Universität Berlin.Practically no government, institution or community has remained indifferent to the COVID-19 pandemic. This crisis has been pointed out in many places as a 'disaster'. For this reason, REDER has considered appropriate to dedicate a brief but necessary reflection on the meaning of and lessons to be learned from this pandemic in the context of Latin American studies on disaster risk reduction and prevention. The authors argue that the pandemic has exposed the structural inequalities that shape the uneven impacts among different social groups. According to the authors, five aspects need to be highlighted: the under-recorded impacts of the crisis; differentiation between 'similar' protection measures from 'egalitarian' protection; how to prevent stigmatization; design and implementation of responses based on a human rights approach to habitat; and time to act addressing the postponed development challenges. Finally, the authors look at the differences between the existing interpretative frameworks in the management of public health emergencies and in that of socio-natural risks. These could guide research processes that enable a better understanding of the dynamics and risk factors in the future, and therefore inform transformative decision-making.https://www.revistareder.com/ojs/index.php/reder/article/view/46covid-19, reducción del riesgo de desastre, américa latina, derechos al hábitat, trampas de riesgo |
| spellingShingle | Adriana Allen Juan Pablo Sarmiento Vicente Sandoval Latin American Studies on Disaster Risk Reduction in the Context of the Covid-19 Pandemic Revista de Estudios Latinoamericanos sobre Reducción del Riesgo de Desastres covid-19, reducción del riesgo de desastre, américa latina, derechos al hábitat, trampas de riesgo |
| title | Latin American Studies on Disaster Risk Reduction in the Context of the Covid-19 Pandemic |
| title_full | Latin American Studies on Disaster Risk Reduction in the Context of the Covid-19 Pandemic |
| title_fullStr | Latin American Studies on Disaster Risk Reduction in the Context of the Covid-19 Pandemic |
| title_full_unstemmed | Latin American Studies on Disaster Risk Reduction in the Context of the Covid-19 Pandemic |
| title_short | Latin American Studies on Disaster Risk Reduction in the Context of the Covid-19 Pandemic |
| title_sort | latin american studies on disaster risk reduction in the context of the covid 19 pandemic |
| topic | covid-19, reducción del riesgo de desastre, américa latina, derechos al hábitat, trampas de riesgo |
| url | https://www.revistareder.com/ojs/index.php/reder/article/view/46 |
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