To create a robust map gathering in the same area every place, and cause of the damages of the latest...
Read moreRecently, the Global Alliance of Disaster Research Institutes (GADRI) published a letter called “COVID-19: Lessons from Disaster Research", which highlights...
Read more“The pandemic disaster in the communes of the Metropolitan Region will only be stopped with economic resources and not with...
Read more"Flash floods are born from prolonged and/or heavy rainfall that the soil cannot absorb. With this premise, María Teresa Contreras...
Read moreThere are more than 60,000 hectares, located in the area around the Maipo River’s mouth –which include the communes of...
Read moreChile is a large territory prone to mega earthquakes that cause big tsunamis. Particularly, the country’s central regions - including...
Read moreThe rain on June 29th broke the extreme drought trend that the Metropolitan Region has been presenting over the last...
Read moreThe definition of disaster, according to Disaster Risk Management experts, implies a severe disruption of the routine functioning of a...
Read moreChile would be prepared for a tsunami warning event. This has been demonstrated by the tsunami evacuation processes experienced in...
Read moreLead Author Paula Repetto There is no doubt that Covid-19 is very contagious, being extremely probable that a...
Read moreIn spite of the major mitigation works carried out in Antofagasta after the catastrophe, there is still population at risk...
Read moreCIGIDEN researcher Roberto Benavente, currently assistant professor at the Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción (UCSC), presented his research on...
Read moreOn Monday, July 8th, 289 years ago, a major earthquake and tsunami hit much of the Valparaíso Region. In order...
Read moreThe findings of the research conducted by CIGIDEN researchers in the Valparaíso Region show that 38% of the population of...
Read moreThe water crisis in Osorno -resulting from the oil spill suffered by the Essal S.A. plant- left the city without...
Read moreBy Rodrigo Cienfuegos. Thanks to the tireless and quiet work that national and international researchers have developed for years –managing...
Read moreBy Manuel Tironi. As I witness the waterspouts that swept through Concepción and Talcahuano, my daughter is doing her geography...
Read moreBy Gonzalo Bacigalupe The visit of Swedish student and environmentalist Greta Thunberg, after a long journey by ship to Chile,...
Read moreBy Gonzalo Bacigalupe. The number of people getting information every day through print media has significantly dropped compared to digital...
Read moreBy Gonzalo Bacigalupe. Frequent natural hazards, like the tornadoes that recently struck our country, expose not only houses and buildings....
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