Una propuesta metodológica para medir la vulnerabilidad de un territorio ante los peligros naturales: el caso de Honduras tras el paso del huracán Mitch

Authors

  • Ismael Ahamdanech Zarco Departamento de Estadística Económica, Estructura Económica y O.E.I., Universidad de Alcalá, Madrid
  • Joaquín Bosque Sendra Departamento de Geografía, Universidad de Alcalá, Madrid
  • Esther Pérez Asensio CICODE, Universidad de Alcalá, Madrid

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3989/egeogr.2004.i255.184

Keywords:

Vulnerability, Natural Disaster, Discriminant Analysis, Mitch Hurricane

Abstract


When some kind of humanitarian disaster happens, one question comes to our mind. Would it have been possible to avoid the disaster? Other questions also seem reasonable: would it have been possible lighten the consequences?, would the disaster have been so destructive in a developed zone? The vulnerability concept arises related to these questions, as an approach of a disaster effects on populations and territories with different characteristics. Along this work, we develop a methodology to measure the vulnerability concept. This methodology is applied to the Mitch hurricane in Honduras case.

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Published

2004-06-30

How to Cite

Ahamdanech Zarco, I., Bosque Sendra, J., & Pérez Asensio, E. (2004). Una propuesta metodológica para medir la vulnerabilidad de un territorio ante los peligros naturales: el caso de Honduras tras el paso del huracán Mitch. Estudios Geográficos, 65(255), 229–254. https://doi.org/10.3989/egeogr.2004.i255.184

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