Trujillo, Monica
Description
This working paper maps the range of natural hazards and other risks to which people in Mexico and Central America are exposed and relates these to th
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e complex social, economic, political and cultural factors that make some social sectors more critically vulnerable than others in emergencies. It also identifies the wide range of local capacities - organisational, social, governmental, and non-governmental - that can contribute to developing effective disaster-prevention and mitigation programmes, as well as emergency rehabilitation and reconstruction programmes.
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