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Scientific analysis identifies communes with more rain damage in Santiago’s urban areas

18/07/2020

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GADRI letter: How will risks and disaster research help us overcome COVID-19?

15/07/2020

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Researchers identify worst-affected communes by economic risks of COVID-19

10/07/2020

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Study addresses flash flooding due to extended and heavy rains in Santiago

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10/07/2020

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Rio Maipo wetland: “Front Line” of protection against extreme waves, storms and tsunamis on the coast

09/07/2020

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3D simulation shows how a mega earthquake and tsunami similar to that of 1730 would impact Valparaíso Bay

08/07/2020

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Scientists create a map that shows the impact of recent rains in the Metropolitan Región

04/07/2020

Research Center for integrated Disaster Risk Management

CIGIDEN is a multidisciplinary and multi-university research center –financed by FONDAP from CONICYT– that looks for the excelence in knowledge generation, to strengthen the resilience of the country, facing its natural hazards, and avoinding them to turn into disasters.

CIGIDEN’s multidisciplinary team gets together investigators and professionals from four universities in Chile, working on six research lines.

Solid earth processes and associated hazards

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LEAD RESEARCHER

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Hazards identification

Gabriel
González

Surface water processes and associated hazards

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LEAD RESEARCHER

TOPIC

Hazards identification

Rodrigo
Cienfuegos

Risk and resilience of complex systems and networks

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LEAD RESEARCHER

TOPIC

Hazards identification

Juan Carlos
de la Llera

Disaster cultures and risk governance

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LEAD RESEARCHER

TOPIC

Risk analysis and mitigation

Paula
Repetto

Manuel
Tironi

Socio-Economic assessment of disasters and mitigation strategies for resilient critical infrastructure systems

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LEAD RESEARCHER

TOPIC

Risk analysis and mitigation

Nicolás
Bronfman

Alondra
Chamorro

Citizen Governance

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LEAD RESEARCHER

TOPIC

Individual and society responses

Carolina
Martínez

Columns

How to govern a disaster? Dialogue, collaboration and democracy

ONE PANDEMIC, TOO MANY CONFUSIONS The conflicts over data and information access, the "dynamic plateaus", the confusing or inaccurate reports ...
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Everyone should act as if we already have the virus

Lead Author Paula Repetto There is no doubt that Covid-19 is very contagious, being extremely probable that a high percentage ...
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Tsunami vertical evacuation should be an option in Chile

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