Case study: Lajas Compartir, a rapprochement to environmental displacement in Costa Rica

 

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Autoren: Centeno-Morales, Jacqueline, Vargas-Trejos, Yendry, González-Varela, Marianela, Alfaro-Orozco, Estaban
Format: artículo original
Status:Versión publicada
Publikationsdatum:2019
Beschreibung:The present case study describes the work carried out under the Environmentally-Displaced People Project: new processes of exclusion in Costa Rica, executed by the Institute of Social Studies in Population (IDESPO) of the Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica. It describes the displacement experienced by the community of Calle Lajas due to a landslide that occurred on November 3, 2010, which resulting in human fatalities and material losses including the relocation of the community to the current Lajas Compartir settlement. The situation experienced by the relocated community was assessed by a census and interviewing its population; both surveying techniques evidenced the challenges and lessons learned involved in risk management and attending populations that experience environmental displacements.
Land:Portal de Revistas UNA
Institution:Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UNA
Sprache:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.www.una.ac.cr:article/13214
Online Zugang:https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/geografica/article/view/13214
Stichwort:Calle Lajas
Environmental displacement
Risk management
Landslid
desplazamiento ambiental
gestión del riesgo
deslizamiento y avalancha