States Facing Socio-Natural Disasters: Progress and Issues in Latin America and the Caribbean

Synonyms

Disaster risk reduction in Latin America and the Caribbean; Disaster risk management and state response to the threat of climate change in Latin American and Caribbean’s countries; Institutional capacity building, intersectionality, and governance in disaster risk reduction

Definition

Socio-natural disaster: Disasters are critical disruptions in the functioning of communities or societies, and although they are triggered by phenomena of natural origin, their impact is accentuated by the interaction between vulnerabilities, capacities, and exposure to threats of said communities or societies. Societies, governments, and people build risks and vulnerabilities, and therefore it is necessary to act to reduce disaster risk.

Section: Latin American and Caribbean

Introduction

In recent decades, we can observe the evolution of two phenomena related to how the State responds to public problems. On the one hand, there is a less central presence of the State in addressing these issues,...