Descentralización del Estado y Terremoto: El caso de Chile

S., Leonardo Letelier

doi:10.5354/0717-6759.2010.11206

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“…This study addresses the context of the earthquake and tsunami of February 27, 2010 (27F) in Chile, which generated multiple social, cultural, political and economic impacts at the country level ( CEPAL, 2010 ). Many individuals and families, especially in coastal areas, lost family members and material goods, along with the emergence of a sense of vulnerability, lack of protection and insecurity, because of the measures and actions of the Chilean State that presented deficiencies in relation to the basic organization of the supply of essential inputs and products to address the emergency and provide public safety ( Letelier, 2010 ). Based on this, it is interesting to see how, after an initial stage of alarm at a later stage, people generate shared actions oriented at seeking meaning and understanding ( Zech and Rimé, 2005 ) through verbal interaction that provokes a common evaluation of events ( Von Scheve and Ismer, 2013 ), through the social sharing of emotions and community assessment.…”

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Social Sharing of Emotions and Communal Appraisal as Mediators Between the Intensity of Trauma and Social Well-Being in People Affected by the 27F, 2010 Earthquake in the Biobío Region, Chile

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The psychosocial impacts of natural disasters are associated with the triggering of negative and positive responses in the affected population; also, such effects are expressed in an individual and collective sphere. This can be seen in several reactions and behaviors that can vary from the development of individual disorders to impacts on interpersonal relationships, cohesion, communication, and participation of the affected communities, among others. The present work addressed the psychosocial impacts of the consequences of natural disasters considering individual effects via the impact of trauma and community effects, through the perception of social well-being, the valuation of the community and the social exchange of emotions. The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between individual reactions (i.e., intensity of trauma) and the evaluation of social and collective circumstances (i.e., social well-being) after the earthquake of 27F 2010 in Chile, through collective-type intervention variables not used in previous studies (i.e., social sharing of emotions and community appraisal). For this purpose, a descriptive, ex post facto correlational and cross-sectional methodology was carried on, with the participation of 487 people affected by the 2010 earthquake, 331 women (68%) and 156 men (32%), between 18 and 58 years old (M = 21.09; SD = 5.45), from the provinces of Ñuble and Biobío, VIII region, Chile. The measurement was carried out 4 years after the earthquake and the results show that greater individual than collective involvements were found, mainly in the coastal zone of the region. The mediation analysis showed that the relationship between the intensity of the trauma and social well-being occurs through a route that considers social sharing of emotions and community appraisal. These results indicate that the overcoming of individual affectations to achieve social well-being occurs when in the immediate post-disaster phases the affected communities activate shared emotional and cognitive processes, which allow them to jointly face subsequent threats and abrupt changes.

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Social Sharing of Emotions and Communal Appraisal as Mediators Between the Intensity of Trauma and Social Well-Being in People Affected by the 27F, 2010 Earthquake in the Biobío Region, Chile

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“…To appraise the extent to which these natural hazards represent a disaster risk, it is important to learn more about both the hazards involved and the vulnerability that exposed communities live with. While numerous studies have examined the geophysical features of earthquakes and tsunamis in Chile (Lomnitz 2004;Kiser and Ishii 2011;Yamazaki and Cheung 2011;Brodsky and Lay 2014;Hayes et al 2014;Cisternas et al 2005), only a few have dealt with more societal aspects of vulnerability (Lomnitz 1970;Bitar 2010;Letelier 2010;Mella Polanco 2012;Dussaillant and Guzman 2014). This study aims to contribute to the body of literature dealing with the latter.…”

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Talcahuano, Chile, in the wake of the 2010 disaster: A vulnerable middle?

Engel

2015

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Because of Chile's geographical position, earthquakes and tsunamis are recurrent phenomena and reducing vulnerability to these events is imperative. To do this, one needs to understand the geophysical features of the hazards involved and the vulnerability that exposed communities live with. This article presents some unexpected findings of a research regarding the latter and devised to investigate the vulnerability realities that the devastating 2010 earthquake/tsunami event in Chile exposed. Interestingly, this study revealed households that are formally considered resilient in the face of natural hazards, but are in fact not. These households are part of a group I call the emergent middle. The 'middle' because they are neither rich nor poor, but do not fit the typical middle-class category, and 'emergent' because their primary concerns are staying out of poverty and climbing the socioeconomic ladder. The findings of this research suggest that they find themselves in a precarious situation and that their vulnerability to natural hazards largely emerges from their economic fragility and their limited access to relevant resources in the wake of a hazardous event. This article is based on data that were collected through extensive field work in the Greater Concepción area and in particular in Talcahuano that was severely hit in 2010.

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Governance and the design of post‐disaster policies: a comparative analysis from Latin America and the Caribbean

2023

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and the Caribbean is one of the regions threatened most by natural events owing to the highly vulnerable circumstances of its urban centres. Consequently, its cities are occasionally affected by one or more disaster types, exposing problems of governance and public policy in relation to risk management. The aim of this research is to investigate the factors that influence the design of post-disaster policies. It hypothesises that in those countries with modes of governance characterised by greater articulation between State and non-State actors, the design of post-disaster policies tends to be more coherent. Methodologically, the study proposes a comparative analysis of post-disaster policies in three countries of the region affected by earthquakes: Haiti and Chile (in 2010) and Ecuador (in 2016). The findings show that co-governance in Chile resulted in optimal post-disaster policies, whereas hierarchical governance in the cases of Haiti and Ecuador led to unsuccessful and misdirected postdisaster policies, respectively.

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Descentralización del Estado y Terremoto: El caso de Chile

Cited by 3 publications

References 6 publications

Social Sharing of Emotions and Communal Appraisal as Mediators Between the Intensity of Trauma and Social Well-Being in People Affected by the 27F, 2010 Earthquake in the Biobío Region, Chile

Social Sharing of Emotions and Communal Appraisal as Mediators Between the Intensity of Trauma and Social Well-Being in People Affected by the 27F, 2010 Earthquake in the Biobío Region, Chile

Talcahuano, Chile, in the wake of the 2010 disaster: A vulnerable middle?

Governance and the design of post‐disaster policies: a comparative analysis from Latin America and the Caribbean

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