Environmental risk and disaster risk: what is the difference?

Authors

  • Susana Palma de Cuevas Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala

Keywords:

disaster risk, environmental risk, risk management

Abstract

Our starting point for this discussion
is the assumption that the concepts of
‘environmental risk’ and ‘disaster risk’
originated separately; the first derivative of
the concerns in Europe by environmental
pollution and high-risk activities; and
second, originated in Latin America for
the impact of ‘natural’ disasters; moreover,
these concepts were integrated or spliced
in the early twenty-first century to reach
no discrepancies in their definition. This
article takes a brief account of the origin
and development of these two concepts
internationally; besides presenting, relate and compare the concepts used in Guatemala.

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Author Biography

Susana Palma de Cuevas, Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala

Arquitecta de la USAC. Con una Maestría en Planificación Urbana y Territorial de la Universidad de Arquitectura de Venecia y una Maestría en Planificación y Manejo Ambiental de la USAC. Ha recibido diversos cursos a nivel internacional sobre Gestión para la Reducción de Riesgos de Desastre y cursa actualmente el Doctorado en Arquitectura de USAC.

Published

2014-01-05 — Updated on 2014-06-30

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How to Cite

Palma de Cuevas, Susana. “Environmental Risk and Disaster Risk: What Is the Difference?”. Avance 4, no. 1 (June 30, 2014): 1–8. Accessed November 23, 2024. https://ojs.farusac.edu.gt/index.php/avance/article/view/1.