Ecuador

With the forecast of 6.3 billion persons living in urban areas by 2050, it is expected that problems associated with the use of natural resources and the negative externalities of anthropogenic activity will become increasingly relevant. From the point of

Con la variedad y frecuencia de desastres que enfrenta el Ecuador, se han identificado los diferentes niveles de pérdidas a cubrir, las necesidades por atender en las etapas posdesastre y las fuentes de financiamiento. Considerando lo anterior, a través

This report contributes to the wealth of information and conversations around mountains by highlighting CARE programs that address the social and environmental threats to highland ecosystems, underscoring the disproportionate impacts of these threats on

This compendium presents good practices in post-disaster recovery in Latin America and the Caribbean in order to spread and highlight the work and recovery processes taking place in different countries of the region.

It is clear that a City Development Strategy is already a process that structures priorities in terms of development and growth; it is in this context climate change should not be considered a separate issue because it is recognized that good city

This article seeks to understand the interactions that contribute to volcanic risk during eruptions. It looks at social outcomes from eruptive activity,framed as impacts on wellbeing and access to livelihood security.

Volcanic ash is an excellent archetype of an ‘extensive hazard’. Ash fall occurs frequently and intermittently during volcanic eruptions, and populations in close proximity to persistently-active volcanoes report ash impacts and distribution that have

En Ecuador, el complejo volcánico Cayambe representa una potencial amenaza para poblaciones que basan su economía en la floricultura. En este trabajo, los autores presentan: 1) modelar espacialmente escenarios de erupción del volcán, 2) modelar