Aid Proposal for Disaster Risk Management in the Sierra de Chiapas Region, Mexico

This study describes a sociocultural diagnosis with various social actors who survived Hurricane Stan in Motozintla, Chiapas. The population was found to have different interpretations of the risk of natural disasters; the government institutions in the region did not have a plan for working in coor...

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Published in:Revista mexicana de investigación educativa 2008-07, Vol.13 (38), p.919-943
Main Authors: Alvarez-Gordillo, Guadalupe del Carmen, Alvarez-Gordillo, Luz Maria, Eroza-Solana, Enrique, Dorantes-Jimenez, Jose Eugenio
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Subjects:
Damages
Disasters
Hurricanes
Mexico
Risk
Risk management
Threats
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Summary:This study describes a sociocultural diagnosis with various social actors who survived Hurricane Stan in Motozintla, Chiapas. The population was found to have different interpretations of the risk of natural disasters; the government institutions in the region did not have a plan for working in coordination with the population & the problem surpassed the local capacity for aid. An analysis of social representations indicated the need to work with the community & its institutions, as well as to implement processes to prevent & mitigate damages, based on effective permanent communication in the event of future threats. As a result of the analysis, a risk management program was prepared in the Sierra de Chiapas region to provide information & participative psycho-pedagogical strategies to the management of risk. References. Adapted from the source document.
ISSN:1405-6666