Abstract

ALVIS-GUZMAN, Nelson Rafael et al. Responsiveness of the territorial governments and society face the winter season 2010-2011 in the Colombian Caribbean Region: a multi-method approach. Rev. Gerenc. Polit. Salud [online]. 2013, vol.12, n.25, pp.10-25. ISSN 1657-7027.

The aim of this study was to determine the response capabilities of local authorities to the rainy season emergencies of 2010 and 2011, using the quality-quantitative method of analysis. The results showed that the region had never been so affected by flood phenomena before, that there was a frail institutional network, permissibility from the government to settlements in high risk areas, and that the responsibility for the rainy season emergency care rested solely on institutions for disaster prevention, when in fact it is a responsibility of all stakeholders. In conclusion, the rainy season was an opportunity to draw the attention of all agencies of the National System for Disaster Prevention and Response (SNPAD, for its acronym in Spanish) to take corrective measures, engage and act in a coordinated fashion in the phases associated with the integrated risk management.

Keywords : threat; disaster; risk; risk zone; prevention and mitigation; Natural disasters-social assistance; disaster prevention; seismic threat-prevention; disaster emergency; Caribbean Region (Colombia).

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