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An Integrated Assessment of Vulnerability to Glacial Hazards
| dc.contributor.author | Hegglin, Esther | |
| dc.contributor.author | Huggel, Christian | |
| dc.coverage.spatial | Cordillera Blanca | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-02-11T16:34:27Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-02-11T16:34:27Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2008 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Hegglin, E. and Huggel, C. (2008) An Integrated Assessment of Vulnerability to Glacial Hazards. Mountain Research and Development, 28(3), 299-309. doi: https://doi.org/10.1659/mrd.0976 | es_PE |
| dc.identifier.issn | ISSN: 0276-4741, ESSN: 1994-7151 | es_PE |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12543/3331 | |
| dc.description | Original abstract: The Rio Santa valley in the Cordillera Blanca, Peru, has been repeatedly affected by severe glacial flood disasters in the past decades. The continuing high rate of glacier retreat has led to the formation and rapid growth of a large number of glacial lakes. Due to the risk of lake outburst floods, downstream communities are confronted with serious hazards. The regional capital of Huaraz is one of the major sites exposed to these hazards. Mainly due to a lack of resources, no systematic evaluation of the existing hazards and related risks has been performed so far, nor have adequate warning systems been installed. Strict financial limitations make a prioritization of mitigation measures a necessity. Vulnerability assessments are an effective tool to this end. In this article, we present a method to measure the vulnerability of Huaraz to hazards from glacial lake outbursts integrating both physical (ie hazards-related) and socioeconomic factors. The difficulty of quantifying socioeconomic variables and its combination with physical factors, as well as a lack of corresponding concepts, is a challenge for measuring vulnerability. The resulting map shows a high vulnerability for several parts of Huaraz. The results of this study thus make an important contribution to effectively addressing the identified protection deficit and to efficiently assigning the limited resources in the context of a developing country. However, this article also shows the strong need for more vulnerability research integrating both physical and social science components and related theoretical frameworks to be readily applied in practice. | es_PE |
| dc.description | Artículo en acceso abierto | es_PE |
| dc.description.abstract | Presenta un método para medir la vulnerabilidad de Huaraz a los peligros de las explosiones de los lagos glaciares que integran factores tanto físicos (relacionados con los peligros) como socioeconómicos. La dificultad de cuantificar las variables socioeconómicas y su combinación con factores físicos, así como la falta de conceptos correspondientes, es un desafío para medir la vulnerabilidad. El mapa resultante muestra una alta vulnerabilidad para varias partes de Huaraz. Los resultados de este estudio son, por lo tanto, una contribución importante para abordar con eficacia el déficit de protección identificado y para asignar con eficiencia los recursos limitados en el contexto de un país en desarrollo. Sin embargo, este artículo también muestra la fuerte necesidad de una mayor investigación de vulnerabilidad que integre componentes físicos y sociales de la ciencia y los marcos teóricos relacionados para que se apliquen fácilmente en la práctica. | es_PE |
| dc.format | application/pdf | es_PE |
| dc.language.iso | eng | es_PE |
| dc.publisher | IMS | es_PE |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | Mountain Research and Development, Aug.-Nov. 2008, Volume 28, Number 3, pp 299-309 | es_PE |
| dc.relation.uri | https://bioone.org/journals/mountain-research-and-development/volume-28/issue-3/mrd.0976/An-Integrated-Assessment-of-Vulnerability-to-Glacial-Hazards/10.1659/mrd.0976.full | |
| dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | es_PE |
| dc.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International | * |
| dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | * |
| dc.source | Autoridad Nacional del Agua | es_PE |
| dc.source | Repositorio institucional - ANA | es_PE |
| dc.subject | Comportamiento de eventos extremos de origen glaciar y climático | es_PE |
| dc.subject | Gestión de riesgos de desastres en recursos hídricos | es_PE |
| dc.subject | Monitoreo de lagunas y glaciares | es_PE |
| dc.title | An Integrated Assessment of Vulnerability to Glacial Hazards | es_PE |
| dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/article | es_PE |
| dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1659/mrd.0976 | es_PE |
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