Importance of Environmental Education in Socio-Natural Risk Management in Five Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean

 

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Autores: Ordóñez-Díaz, Martha Melizza, Montes-Arias, Luisa María, Garzón-Cortes, Giovanna del Pilar
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de Publicación:2018
Descripción:Considering environmental education as a social tool allowing individuals to achieve a significant knowledge of the inhabited environment, to reduce the probability of occurrence of a disaster, and to respond to the presence of natural phenomena to which people are vulnerable, this article aims to generate a space for reflection on the importance of environmental education in the management of the social and natural risk in five countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. For this purpose, the paper presents a descriptive review of primary and secondary bibliographical sources referring to the performance of the management of social and natural risks related to environmental education in Colombia, Nicaragua, Mexico, Chile, and Jamaica between 1994 and 2015. In this period, a solid administrative and legislative organization of this management and environmental education is evident, but these two themes are clearly separated when implementing citizen projects: a situation that has generated shortcomings in the management of natural disasters, specifically under the principles of precaution and prevention. For this reason, this article offers a series of recommendations that include the dissemination of information, the creation of centers for the management of risk reduction, the strengthening of communication strategies, and the establishment of response plans and post-disaster recovery. 
País:Portal de Revistas UNA
Institución:Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UNA
Lenguaje:Español
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Portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.www.una.ac.cr:article/9012
Acceso en línea:https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/EDUCARE/article/view/9012
Palabra clave:Land use planning
environmental education
management of the risk
social and natural risk
risk in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Ordenamiento territorial
educación ambiental
gestión del riesgo
riesgo socionatural
riesgo en América Latina y el Caribe.
ordenação territorial
educação ambiental
gestão de risco
risco socio-natural
risco na América Latina e no Caribe.