Dimensions and Challenges of Citizen Participation in Disaster Risk Management in Asunción, Metropolitan Area and South Western Region, Paraguay

This study offers a review of the antecedents, dimensions, and challenges of citizen participation in risk management in the city of Asuncion in Paraguay and its surrounding municipalities. The applied methodology consisted of a systematized bibliographic review developed in four phases: search, eva...

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Main Authors: Marta Isabel Canese de Estigarribia, Cecilia María Vuyk Espínola, Romilio González Chamorro, Alberto Aquiles Britez Acuña, José Carlos Lezcano Villagra, Violeta Luciana Prieto Granada
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Published: Corporación Gestión de Riesgos y Desastres GRID-Chile 2022-01-01
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/87
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author Marta Isabel Canese de Estigarribia
Cecilia María Vuyk Espínola
Romilio González Chamorro
Alberto Aquiles Britez Acuña
José Carlos Lezcano Villagra
Violeta Luciana Prieto Granada
author_facet Marta Isabel Canese de Estigarribia
Cecilia María Vuyk Espínola
Romilio González Chamorro
Alberto Aquiles Britez Acuña
José Carlos Lezcano Villagra
Violeta Luciana Prieto Granada
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description This study offers a review of the antecedents, dimensions, and challenges of citizen participation in risk management in the city of Asuncion in Paraguay and its surrounding municipalities. The applied methodology consisted of a systematized bibliographic review developed in four phases: search, evaluation, analysis, and synthesis. The analyzed data were grouped into four dimensions: historical, socio-demographic, environmental, and political. The obtained results highlight ‘citizenparticipation’ as a priority in documents referring to international and national public policies on risk management. In the selected case of study, however, this participation is mainly limited to only ‘formal’ aspects rather than observed in practice. The latter has left little power to citizens for the incidence and control of risk management at a national and local levels.
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spelling doaj.art-fa7bc8ff86a54b3c9a65dc4e020f4b222023-11-02T06:36:26ZengCorporación Gestión de Riesgos y Desastres GRID-ChileRevista de Estudios Latinoamericanos sobre Reducción del Riesgo de Desastres0719-84772022-01-016111212310.55467/reder.v6i1.8786Dimensions and Challenges of Citizen Participation in Disaster Risk Management in Asunción, Metropolitan Area and South Western Region, ParaguayMarta Isabel Canese de Estigarribia0Cecilia María Vuyk Espínola1Romilio González Chamorro2Alberto Aquiles Britez Acuña3José Carlos Lezcano Villagra4Violeta Luciana Prieto Granada5Escuela de Ciencias Sociales y Políticas, Universidad Nacional de Asunción, Asunción.Escuela de Ciencias Sociales y Políticas, Universidad Nacional de Asunción, Asunción.Escuela de Ciencias Sociales y Políticas, Universidad Nacional de Asunción, Asunción.Escuela de Ciencias Sociales y Políticas, Universidad Nacional de Asunción, Asunción.Escuela de Ciencias Sociales y Políticas, Universidad Nacional de Asunción, Asunción.Escuela de Ciencias Sociales y Políticas, Universidad Nacional de Asunción, Asunción.This study offers a review of the antecedents, dimensions, and challenges of citizen participation in risk management in the city of Asuncion in Paraguay and its surrounding municipalities. The applied methodology consisted of a systematized bibliographic review developed in four phases: search, evaluation, analysis, and synthesis. The analyzed data were grouped into four dimensions: historical, socio-demographic, environmental, and political. The obtained results highlight ‘citizenparticipation’ as a priority in documents referring to international and national public policies on risk management. In the selected case of study, however, this participation is mainly limited to only ‘formal’ aspects rather than observed in practice. The latter has left little power to citizens for the incidence and control of risk management at a national and local levels.https://www.revistareder.com/ojs/index.php/reder/article/view/87gestión localpolíticas públicasciudadaníasociedad civilparaguay
spellingShingle Marta Isabel Canese de Estigarribia
Cecilia María Vuyk Espínola
Romilio González Chamorro
Alberto Aquiles Britez Acuña
José Carlos Lezcano Villagra
Violeta Luciana Prieto Granada
Dimensions and Challenges of Citizen Participation in Disaster Risk Management in Asunción, Metropolitan Area and South Western Region, Paraguay
Revista de Estudios Latinoamericanos sobre Reducción del Riesgo de Desastres
gestión local
políticas públicas
ciudadanía
sociedad civil
paraguay
title Dimensions and Challenges of Citizen Participation in Disaster Risk Management in Asunción, Metropolitan Area and South Western Region, Paraguay
title_full Dimensions and Challenges of Citizen Participation in Disaster Risk Management in Asunción, Metropolitan Area and South Western Region, Paraguay
title_fullStr Dimensions and Challenges of Citizen Participation in Disaster Risk Management in Asunción, Metropolitan Area and South Western Region, Paraguay
title_full_unstemmed Dimensions and Challenges of Citizen Participation in Disaster Risk Management in Asunción, Metropolitan Area and South Western Region, Paraguay
title_short Dimensions and Challenges of Citizen Participation in Disaster Risk Management in Asunción, Metropolitan Area and South Western Region, Paraguay
title_sort dimensions and challenges of citizen participation in disaster risk management in asuncion metropolitan area and south western region paraguay
topic gestión local
políticas públicas
ciudadanía
sociedad civil
paraguay
url https://www.revistareder.com/ojs/index.php/reder/article/view/87
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