Dissemination

To create a robust map gathering in the same area every place, and cause of the damages of the latest...

Recently, the Global Alliance of Disaster Research Institutes (GADRI) published a letter called “COVID-19: Lessons from Disaster Research", which highlights...

“The pandemic disaster in the communes of the Metropolitan Region will only be stopped with economic resources and not with...

"Flash floods are born from prolonged and/or heavy rainfall that the soil cannot absorb. With this premise, María Teresa Contreras...

There are more than 60,000 hectares, located in the area around the Maipo River’s mouth –which include the communes of...

Chile is a large territory prone to mega earthquakes that cause big tsunamis. Particularly, the country’s central regions - including...

The rain on June 29th broke the extreme drought trend that the Metropolitan Region has been presenting over the last...

The definition of disaster, according to Disaster Risk Management experts, implies a severe disruption of the routine functioning of a...

Chile would be prepared for a tsunami warning event. This has been demonstrated by the tsunami evacuation processes experienced in...

  Lead Author Paula Repetto   There is no doubt that Covid-19 is very contagious, being extremely probable that a...

In spite of the major mitigation works carried out in Antofagasta after the catastrophe, there is still population at risk...

CIGIDEN researcher Roberto Benavente, currently assistant professor at the Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción (UCSC), presented his research on...

On Monday, July 8th, 289 years ago, a major earthquake and tsunami hit much of the Valparaíso Region. In order...

The findings of the research conducted by CIGIDEN researchers in the Valparaíso Region show that 38% of the population of...

The water crisis in Osorno -resulting from the oil spill suffered by the Essal S.A. plant- left the city without...

By Rodrigo Cienfuegos. Thanks to the tireless and quiet work that national and international researchers have developed for years –managing...

By Manuel Tironi. As I witness the waterspouts that swept through Concepción and Talcahuano, my daughter is doing her geography...

By Gonzalo Bacigalupe The visit of Swedish student and environmentalist Greta Thunberg, after a long journey by ship to Chile,...

By Gonzalo Bacigalupe. The number of people getting information every day through print media has significantly dropped compared to digital...

By Gonzalo Bacigalupe. Frequent natural hazards, like the tornadoes that recently struck our country, expose not only houses and buildings....