As chuvas no Paraná: Variabilidade, teleconexões, e impactos de eventos extremos

Pós-graduação em Geografia - FCT

Notas de la CEPAL Nº 3

Desastres naturales y su impacto en la región. La inevitable reestructuración portuaria estatal. Perspectivas de inversión en gas y petróleo en Argentina. Precisiones: El problema de la congestión de tránsito. Opinión: América Latina en la globalización. Indicadores. Publicaciones recientes. Calendario

Notas de la CEPAL Nº 29

El Ahorro en los Grupos deMenores Ingresos Cómo Aminorar el Impactode los Desastres Columna de Opinión de José Antonio Ocampo: Financiamiento del Desarrolloy Gobernabilidad Democrática Precisiones: Descenso de la Fecundidad enAmérica Latina: NuevosInterrogantes Indicadores Experiencias de Argentina yEcuador en RegímenesCambiarios: Lecciones paraAmérica Latina Publicaciones Recientes Calendario

Carta Circular de la Red de Cooperación en la Gestión Integral de Recursos Hídricos para el Desarrollo Sustentable en América Latina y el Caribe N° 16

Editorial.-- Discusión abierta: Agua y gobernabilidad: ¿un no a las simplificaciones? ; ¿Es bueno fomentar la competencia en los servicios de agua potable y saneamiento?.-- Noticias de la RED: Prevención y reducción de las amenazas originadas por desastres naturales ; Día Interamericano del Agua (DIAA) ; Derechos de agua y acción colectiva.-- Actividades futuras.-- Noticias sobre internet y WWW

TIC y medio ambiente

Las TIC como herramientas para la sustentabilidad ambiental. Las TIC y el medio ambiente, un tema a incluir en las agendas públicas. El rol de las TIC en la gestión de desastres naturales. Computación en nube: una alternativa en el cuidado del medio ambiente.

Report of the training workshop on the ECLAC methodology for assessing the macroeconomic, social and environmental impacts of natural disasters

.--Attendance.--Opening.--Agenda.--Special aspects of disasters in the context of small island States in the Caribbean.--Methodological and conceptual aspects of assessment.--Sector evaluation.--Infrastructure.--Economic (productive) sectors.--Information systems.--Effects of damages.--Institutional capacity.--Definition of the reconstruction strategy.--Closing remarks by presenters of the methodology.--Feedback, critique and comments on the ECLAC methodology.--Disaster assessment experiences.--Policy implications.--Follow-up.

Report of the meeting on methodologies for disaster assessment-a regional approach

.--Background.--Agenda item 1 Welcome and opening remarks.--Agenda item 2 The Vulnerability of Small Island Developing States.--Agenda item 3 Methodologies for Risk Reduction at the Community Level.--Agenda item 4 Methodologies for Disaster Impact Assessment.--Agenda item 5 Ongoing Initiatives in Disaster Risk Reduction.--Agenda item 6 Optimizing the use of existing methodologies for addressing disasters.--Agenda item 7 Innovative financing mechanisms for risk reduction.--Agenda item 8 Regional collaboration for disaster risk reduction.--Agenda item 9 Simulation exercise.--Agenda item 10 Wrap-up, reflection and charting the way forward.--The Way Forward.--Immediate Tasks.--Annex - List of Participants.

Natural disasters workshops

.--Natural Disasters Workshops-Preamble.--Natural Disasters Workshops-Introduction.--Natural Disasters Workshops-Background.--Natural Disasters Workshops-The Methodology.--Natural Disasters Workshops-The Workshops.--The Y2K Caribbean Census.--Education and It's Impact on Poverty.-- Poverty in the Caribbean.-- Accessing Quality Education.--Impact of Education on Poverty.--Education and Poverty-The way forward.-- ENDNOTES for Education and Poverty Article.--ECLAC Experts Meeting on Maritime Transport.-- Introduction-Maritime Meeting.-- rationale for the Meeting.-- Highlights of the Experts Meeting.--The way Forward.-- Abstracts of Documents recently published by ECLAC.

Study on the vulnerability and resilience of Caribbean Small Island Developing States (SIDS)

Caribbean Small Island Developing States are considered to be particularly vulnerable to external shocks that stem from changes in climate and the increase in frequency and magnitude of natural disasters. Quantification of the extent of vulnerability of these islands may be measured by the use of several indices including the Economic Vulnerability Index (EcVI), the Disaster Deficit Index (DDI), the Environmental Vulnerability Index (EVI) and the Social Vulnerability Index (SVI). The capacity to build resilience may be measured by the Economic Resilience Index (ERI). Of importance in the measurement of vulnerability and resilience is the impact on women and children. In order to reduce vulnerability and promote resilience, Caribbean SIDS are urged to develop adaptation strategies. Such strategies include the conduct of indepth studies on natural environmental impacts specifically in terms of biophysical and socio economic impacts. It is also necessary to review best practices in terms of preparedness, resilience building and climate change adaptation in other countries such as Cuba. Addressing vulnerability and building resilience requires appropriate information and data and priority should be given to addressing data gaps. It would also be expedient to classify vulnerability and resilience as regional public goods wherein one country’s benefit does not compromise another country’s ability to benefit. Finally, it is important to acknowledge that vulnerability is, in part, is a function of gender so that indicators need to be disaggregated to reflect the country-specific gendered socioeconomic situation.