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Earthquake Vulnerability Reduction Program in Colombia
(The World Bank, 2006)
Cost-benefit analysis is a standard tool for determining the efficiency of planned projects. However, one of the major difficulties in risk mitigation investments is that benefits are by nature uncertain. In this context, ...
Local risk management and disaster preparedness in the andean region
(United Nations Development Program - UNDP, Disaster Preparedness Program of the Humanitarian Aid Department of the European Community - DIPECHO, 2005)
Efectos de los desastres naturales sobre el crecimiento, el desempleo, la inflación y la distribución del ingreso
(International Strategy for Disaster Risk Reduction - UNISDR, 2011)
La estimación rigurosa de las perdidas agregadas de los pequeños y los grandes desastres naturales para Colombia y México muestran con claridad el importante impacto que pueden tener dichos eventos sobre la actividad ...
"Contribución al análisis de riesgos en el sector rural: El caso de Colombia y la ""Ola invernal"""
(International Strategy for Disaster Risk Reduction - UNISDR, 2013)
El impacto de diverso tipo de eventos sobre el sector rural y la actividad agropecuaria ha venido siendo subvalorado, al menos en Colombia, en los últimos tiempos. No solo se ha llegado a afirmar que los desastres tienden ...
Probabilistic modelling of natural risks at the global level: The hybrid loss exceedance curve
(International Strategy for Disaster Risk Reduction - UNISDR, 2011)
During recent decades, socio-economic impacts produced by disasters caused by natural phenomena are an indication of the high vulnerability of human settlements located in vulnerable areas in developing countries, as well ...
Local disaster risk reduction: Lessons from the andes
(Secretaría General Comunidad Andina, 2009)
This document is the result of a process promoted by the Andean Committee for the Disaster Prevention and Relief - CAPRADE, in the framework of the implementation of the Andean Strategy for Disaster Prevention and Relief ...
The great Tumaco, Colombia earthquake of 12 December 1979
(Science, 1981)
Hybrid loss assessment curve for Colombia: A prospective and retrospective approach
(Second European Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Seismology, 2014)
Prioritizing interventions to reduce seismic vulnerability in school facilities in Colombia
(Earthquake spectra, 2015)