Abstract

RAMIREZ ELIZALDE, Laura Astrid  and  VELEZ-TORRES, Irene. Social Perception and Institutional Responses to the Colombian Tierradentro Region Disaster. Perspectiva Geográfica [online]. 2015, vol.20, n.2, pp.269-296. ISSN 0123-3769.

In June 1994, an earthquake hit the south-west of Colombia. In combination with a heavy rainfall and the particular geo-physical conditions of the Tierradentro area, a series of avalanches led to more than a thousand deaths and the severe destruction of homes and crops; where the Nasa indigenous people were the most severely affected. Using a historical and territorial approach, this paper inquires into the institutional response to the Tierradentro disaster, and how the social perception of the disaster was articulated amongst the affected community and media. To answer this challenge, a methodology was employed that linked ethnography, social mapping and archive revision.

Keywords : disaster; social risk perception; institutions response.

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