Visión Antropológica del Desastre: El Caso de Canoa un Año Después del Terremoto

Translated title of the contribution: Anthropological Vision of the Disaster: The Case of Canoa a Year After the Earthquake

Daniela Soledad Ochoa Pilco, Maria Daniela Samaniego Regalado, Dany Javier Robles Reina, Jose Antonio Almeida Mesias

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Abstract

Canoa, a town located in the province of Manabí, has developed in conditions of vulnerability: lack of work and education, without an adequate health system, and with social and political disputes within the community. Once the earthquake occurred, perceptions of the previous conflicts worsened, putting the population at permanent risk of harm from natural hazards. Risk, therefore, is a social condition that is historically and culturally structured according to the particularities of each population. Consequently, the anthropological analysis of disaster is indispensable for interpreting vulnerabilities and risks from a social point of view.
Translated title of the contributionAnthropological Vision of the Disaster: The Case of Canoa a Year After the Earthquake
Original languageSpanish (Ecuador)
Title of host publicationPosterremoto, gestión de riesgos y cooperación internacional: Ecuador
PublisherInstituto de Altos Estudios Nacionales (IAEN)
Pages211-231
Number of pages21
ISBN (Print)978-9942-29-015-1
StatePublished - 19 Apr 2018

CACES Knowledge Areas

  • 1210A Risk prevention and management

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