Disasters and Climate Change: A Paradigm Shift

It is very common to directly associate climate change with disasters; however, the reality is that the relationship between these is complex, without necessarily implying a cause-effect relationship. From the side of disaster risk management, an evolution associated with climate change is establish...

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Main Authors: Amaly Fong Lee, Adán Vega Sáenz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Corporación Gestión de Riesgos y Desastres GRID-Chile 2023-01-01
Series:Revista de Estudios Latinoamericanos sobre Reducción del Riesgo de Desastres
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Online Access:https://www.revistareder.com/ojs/index.php/reder/article/view/119
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description It is very common to directly associate climate change with disasters; however, the reality is that the relationship between these is complex, without necessarily implying a cause-effect relationship. From the side of disaster risk management, an evolution associated with climate change is established, with which some ambiguities, confusions and incorrect use of terms have arisen, which has caused some concepts to become distorted and generate confusion. On the other hand, today it is common to hear inappropriate terms that continue to be part of the vocabulary of society in general and even of decision makers. The foregoing causes that the true meaning of two disciplines of vital importance for society, continue to be distorted, such as: disaster risk management and climate change. Due to this, the measures adopted are equally scattered, isolated, and poorly coordinated. In this article, we present a broad view of the scientific scope, with universally recognized knowledge of both disciplines, emphasizing the historical evolution of both, mainly seeking a normalization of knowledge and an orderly conceptualization of the most important aspects of risk management of disaster.
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spelling doaj.art-6e9f9048f7d14aad8d86dc0a91e8240e2023-12-02T23:16:52ZengCorporación Gestión de Riesgos y Desastres GRID-ChileRevista de Estudios Latinoamericanos sobre Reducción del Riesgo de Desastres0719-84772023-01-017121922710.55467/reder.v7i1.119120Disasters and Climate Change: A Paradigm ShiftAmaly Fong Lee0Adán Vega Sáenz1Universidad Marítima Internacional de Panamá, Ciudad de Panamá.Zoartech Consulting, Ciudad de Panamá.It is very common to directly associate climate change with disasters; however, the reality is that the relationship between these is complex, without necessarily implying a cause-effect relationship. From the side of disaster risk management, an evolution associated with climate change is established, with which some ambiguities, confusions and incorrect use of terms have arisen, which has caused some concepts to become distorted and generate confusion. On the other hand, today it is common to hear inappropriate terms that continue to be part of the vocabulary of society in general and even of decision makers. The foregoing causes that the true meaning of two disciplines of vital importance for society, continue to be distorted, such as: disaster risk management and climate change. Due to this, the measures adopted are equally scattered, isolated, and poorly coordinated. In this article, we present a broad view of the scientific scope, with universally recognized knowledge of both disciplines, emphasizing the historical evolution of both, mainly seeking a normalization of knowledge and an orderly conceptualization of the most important aspects of risk management of disaster.https://www.revistareder.com/ojs/index.php/reder/article/view/119desastrescambio climáticogestión de riesgo de desastrevulnerabilidadresiliencia
spellingShingle Amaly Fong Lee
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Disasters and Climate Change: A Paradigm Shift
Revista de Estudios Latinoamericanos sobre Reducción del Riesgo de Desastres
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cambio climático
gestión de riesgo de desastre
vulnerabilidad
resiliencia
title Disasters and Climate Change: A Paradigm Shift
title_full Disasters and Climate Change: A Paradigm Shift
title_fullStr Disasters and Climate Change: A Paradigm Shift
title_full_unstemmed Disasters and Climate Change: A Paradigm Shift
title_short Disasters and Climate Change: A Paradigm Shift
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topic desastres
cambio climático
gestión de riesgo de desastre
vulnerabilidad
resiliencia
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