The Anthropology Of Disasters In Latin America

Author : Virginia García-Acosta
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2019-12-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780429015175

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The Anthropology of Disasters in Latin America by Virginia García-Acosta Pdf

This book offers anthropological insights into disasters in Latin America. It fills a gap in the literature by bringing together national and regional perspectives in the study of disasters. The book essentially explores the emergence and development of anthropological studies of disasters. It adopts a methodological approach based on ethnography, participant observation, and field research to assess the social and historical constructions of disasters and how these are perceived by people of a certain region. This regional perspective helps assess long-term dynamics, regional capacities, and regional-global interactions on disaster sites. With chapters written by prominent Latin American anthropologists, this book also considers the role of the state and other nongovernmental organizations in managing disasters and the specific conditions of each country, relative to a greater or lesser incidence of disastrous events. Globalizing the existing literature on disasters with a focus on Latin America, this book offers multidisciplinary insights that will be of interest to academics and students of geography, anthropology, sociology, and political science.

Author : Edgardo Latrubesse
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 550 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2009-09-10
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0080932185

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Natural Hazards and Human-Exacerbated Disasters in Latin America by Edgardo Latrubesse Pdf

The main objective of the book is to offer a vision of the dynamics of the main disasters in South America, describing their mechanisms and consequences on South American societies. The chapters are written by selected specialists of each country. Human-induced disasters are also included, such as desertification in Patagonia and soil erosion in Brazil. The receding of South-American glaciers as a response to recent climatic trends and sea-level scenarios are discussed. The approach is broad in analyzing causes and consequences and includes social and economic costs, discussing environmental and planning problems, but always describing the geomorphologic/geologic involved processes with a good scientific substantiation. This is important to differentiate the book from others of a more 'social' impact that discuss risks and disasters with emphases mainly on economy and simple impacts. Actual theme, interesting for a variety of professionals Fills in the scarcity of specialized literature in geosciences from South America The first book in the market exclusively devoted to geomorphology of disasters in South America

Author : Gabriela Vera-Cortés,Jesús Manuel Macías-Medrano
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2020-09-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783030549022

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Disasters and Neoliberalism by Gabriela Vera-Cortés,Jesús Manuel Macías-Medrano Pdf

This book shows how the adoption of the neoliberal development model has increased the social vulnerability to disasters, with a special focus on Mexico, a country which once was the role model of the neoliberal turn in Latin America. It brings together 12 case studies of disasters such as floods, earthquakes and volcanic emergencies, in both urban and rural areas, to show how neoliberal development projects and changes in legislation affected disaster prevention and management in different parts of the country. The case studies from Mexico are complemented by two comparative studies which analyze the impacts of neoliberalism in disaster prevention and management in Mexico, Brazil, United States and Italy. Disasters and Neoliberalism: Different Expressions of Social Vulnerability presents a unique contribution to the interdisciplinary field of disaster research by presenting qualitative studies of disaster vulnerability from the perspective of scholars from the Global South, bringing a fresh and critical approach to English speaking social sciences qualitative researchers working on disaster risks in a number of fields, such as geography, anthropology, sociology, political science and environmental studies.

Author : June Carolyn Erlick
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2021-02-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000335187

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Natural Disasters in Latin America and the Caribbean by June Carolyn Erlick Pdf

Natural Disasters in Latin America and the Caribbean: Coping with Calamity explores the relationship between natural disasters and civil society, immigration and diaspora communities and the long-term impact on emotional health. Natural disasters shape history and society and, in turn, their long-range impact is determined by history and society. This is especially true in Latin America and the Caribbean, where climate change is increasing the frequency and intensity of these extreme events. Ranging from pre-Columbian flooding in the Andes to the devastation of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico, this book focuses on long-range recovery and recuperation, rather than short-term disaster relief. Written in the time of the coronavirus pandemic, the author shows how lessons learned about civil society, governance, climate change, inequality and trauma from natural disasters have their echoes in the challenges of today’s uncertain world. This book is well-suited to the classroom and will be an asset to students of Latin American history, environmental history and historical memory.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Disaster relief
ISBN : 9275121141

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A World Safe from Natural Disasters by Anonim Pdf

This publication is a comprehensive look at how the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean have dealt with the enormous and recurring impact of natural disasters on their lives and fragile economies. Published as a contribution from this Region to the World Conference on Natural Disaster Reduction in 1994, the book traces the transition from an era of improvised response and poorly coordinated international assistance to the more aggressive stance on disaster preparedness and prevention taken in many countries today.--Publisher's description.

Author : Heriberta Castanos,Cinna Lomnitz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2012-01-31
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9400728115

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Earthquake Disasters in Latin America by Heriberta Castanos,Cinna Lomnitz Pdf

Author : Beatriz Bustos,Salvatore Engel-Di Mauro,Gustavo García-López,Felipe Milanez,Diana Ojeda
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 722 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2023-05-31
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781000869026

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Routledge Handbook of Latin America and the Environment by Beatriz Bustos,Salvatore Engel-Di Mauro,Gustavo García-López,Felipe Milanez,Diana Ojeda Pdf

The Routledge Handbook of Latin America and the Environment provides an in-depth and accessible analysis and theorization of environmental issues in the region. It will help readers make connections between Latin American and other regions’ perspectives, experiences, and environmental concerns. Latin America has seen an acceleration of environmental degradation due to the expansion of resource extraction and urban areas. This Handbook addresses Latin America not only as an object of study, but also as a region with a long and profound history of critical thinking on these themes. Furthermore, the Handbook departs from most treatments on the topic by studying the environment as a social issue inextricably linked to politics, economy, and culture. The Handbook will be an invaluable resource for those wanting not only to understand the issues, but also to engage with ideas about environmental politics and social-ecological transformation. The Handbook covers a broad range of topics organized according to three areas: physical geography, ecology, and crucial environmental problems of the region. These are key theoretical and methodological issues used to understand Latin America’s ecosocial contexts, and institutional and grassroots practices related to more just and ecologically sustainable worlds. The Handbook will set a research agenda for the near future and provide comprehensive research on most subregions relative to environmental transformations, challenges, struggles and political processes. It stands as a fresh and much needed state of the art introduction for researchers, scholars, post-graduates and academic audiences on Latin American contributions to theorization, empirical research and environmental practices.

Author : Anthony Oliver-Smith,Susannah M. Hoffman
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780415919876

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The Angry Earth by Anthony Oliver-Smith,Susannah M. Hoffman Pdf

First published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Michael Painter,William H. Durham
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0472065602

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The Social Causes of Environmental Destruction in Latin America by Michael Painter,William H. Durham Pdf

An important and timely study of environmental degradation in Central and South America

Author : Diana Riboli,Pamela J. Stewart,Andrew J. Strathern,Davide Torri
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2020-11-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783030561048

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Dealing with Disasters by Diana Riboli,Pamela J. Stewart,Andrew J. Strathern,Davide Torri Pdf

Providing a fresh look at some of the pressing issues of our world today, this collection focuses on experiential and ritualized coping practices in response to a multitude of environmental challenges—cyclones, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, earthquakes, warfare and displacements of peoples and environmental resource exploitation. Eco-cosmological practices conducted by skilled healing practitioners utilize knowledge embedded in the cosmological grounding of place and experiences of place and the landscapes in which such experience is encapsulated. A range of geographic case studies are presented in this volume, exploring Asia, Europe, the Pacific, and South America. With special reference throughout to ritual as a mode of seeking the stabilization, renewal, and continuity of life processes, this volume will be of particular interest to readers working in shamanic and healing practices, environmental concerns surrounding sustainability and conservation, ethnomedical systems, and religious and ritual studies.

Author : Susanna Hoffman,Anthony Oliver-Smith
Publisher : School for Advanced Research on the
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 193061814X

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Catastrophe & Culture by Susanna Hoffman,Anthony Oliver-Smith Pdf

At a time of increasing globalization and worldwide vulnerability, the study of disasters has become an important focus for anthropological research-one where the four fields of anthropology are synthesized to address the multidimensionality of the effects to a community's social structures and relationship to the environment. Using a variety of natural and technological disasters-including Mexican earthquakes, drought in the Andes and in Africa, the nuclear meltdown at Chernobyl, the Exxon Valdez oil spill, the Oakland firestorm, and the Bhopal gas disaster-the authors of this volume explore the potentials of disaster for ecological, political-economic, and cultural approaches to anthropology along with the perspectives of archaeology and history. They also discuss the connection between theory and practice and what anthropology can do for disaster management.

Author : Ricardo Zapata,Benjamín Madrigal
Publisher : United Nations Publications
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UFL:31262084402501

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Economic Impact of Disasters by Ricardo Zapata,Benjamín Madrigal Pdf

Over the last 35 years the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has assessed major disasters in the Latin American region. Based on those exercises, which that have been conducted in a systematic manner using an evolving but comparable methodology over the years, there is now historical evidence of the economic consequences these events have on the region's economies. This evidence-based approach sheds light on the link between economic performance, development dynamics and how disasters, as "external" shocks, generate lingering effects of different relative importance. The publication describes economic impact of disasters in Latin America and the Caribbean, presents evidence of environmental damage and losses associated with disasters, and assesses impact of disasters on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1138237019

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Natural Disasters in Latin American History by Anonim Pdf

Author : A.J. Faas
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2022-10-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781978831582

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In the Shadow of Tungurahua by A.J. Faas Pdf

In the Shadow of Tungurahua relates the stories of the people of Penipe, Ecuador living in and between several villages around the volcano Tungurahua and two resettlement communities built for people displaced by government operations following volcanic eruptions in 1999 and 2006. The stories take shape in ways that influence prevailing ideas about how disasters are produced and reproduced, in this case by shifting assemblages of the state first formed during Spanish colonialism attempting to settle (make “legible”) and govern Indigenous and campesino populations and places. The disasters unfolding around Tungurahua at the turn of the 21st century also provide lessons in the humanitarian politics of disaster—questions of deservingness, reproducing inequality, and the reproduction of bare life. But this is also a story of how people responded to confront hardships and craft new futures, about forms of cooperation to cope with and adapt to disaster, and the potential for locally derived disaster recovery projects and politics.

Author : Susan A. Crate,Mark Nuttall
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2023-11-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000988932

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Anthropology and Climate Change by Susan A. Crate,Mark Nuttall Pdf

In this third edition of Anthropology and Climate Change, Susan Crate and Mark Nuttall offer a collection of chapters that examine how anthropologists work on climate change issues with their collaborators, both in academic research and practicing contexts, and discuss new developments in contributions to policy and adaptation at different scales. Building on the first edition’s pioneering focus on anthropology’s burgeoning contribution to climate change research, policy, and action, as well as the second edition’s focus on transformations and new directions for anthropological work on climate change, this new edition reveals the extent to which anthropologists’ contributions are considered to be critical by climate scientists, policymakers, affected communities, and other rights-holders. Drawing on a range of ethnographic and policy issues, this book highlights the work of anthropologists in the full range of contexts – as scholars, educators, and practitioners from academic institutions to government bodies, international science agencies and foundations, working in interdisciplinary research teams and with community research partners. The contributions to this new edition showcase important new academic research, as well as applied and practicing approaches. They emphasize human agency in the archaeological record, the rapid development in the last decade of community-based and community-driven research and disaster research; provide rich ethnographic insight into worldmaking practices, interventions, and collaborations; and discuss how, and in what ways, anthropologists work in policy areas and engage with regional and global assessments. This new edition is essential for established scholars and for students in anthropology and a range of other disciplines, including environmental studies, as well as for practitioners who engage with anthropological studies of climate change in their work.