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Natural Disasters, Foreign Trade and Agriculture in Mexico

Public Policy for Reducing Economic Vulnerability

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  • © 2015

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Authors:
  1. Sergio O. Saldaña Zorrilla, PhD

    1. Risk, Policy and Vulnerability Program, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Laxenburg, Austria

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  • Presents the case of Mexico as a study in assessment of and combating impacts of natural disasters
  • Discusses the relationship between climate change, trade liberalization, and agriculture
  • Offers a methodology combining natural and social sciences for the study of country and community-level vulnerability to climate change

Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science (BRIEFSENVIRONMENTAL)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction

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    Pages 1-4

  3. A conceptual framework of economic vulnerability

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    Pages 5-24

  4. Natural hazards and economic stressors

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    Pages 25-48

  5. Disaster risk management assessment

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    Pages 49-67

  6. Spatial model of incomes and migration

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    Pages 69-88

  7. Stakeholders’ views in reducing vulnerability and resilience building

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    Pages 89-112

  8. Conclusions

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    Pages 113-116

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 117-155
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About this book

This work responds to the increasing global need of measuring and analyzing impacts, vulnerabilities and coping capacity of countries, regions and communities regarding climate change, extreme weather conditions, natural disasters and institutional constraints. The case of Mexico, analyzed in this work, provides lessons for further developing countries to assess natural disasters vulnerability, for making informed adaptation decisions and to optimize resources for reducing country and community vulnerability. This book’s analyses contribute to the current debate of the long-term economic impact of natural disasters (hurricanes, earthquakes, etc.), as well as offer an integral methodology combining natural and social sciences for studies of country and community level vulnerability to climate change. The lessons derived from this analysis provide useful elements for the design and improvement of governmental policies concerning social and economic development as well. In addition, the desegregation of this analysis has the advantage of facilitating the design and evaluation of governmental projects at municipal, sub-national and national level, as well as provides conceptual-empirical elements for international cooperation in matters of disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation, rural development and poverty reduction.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Risk, Policy and Vulnerability Program, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Laxenburg, Austria

    Sergio O. Saldaña Zorrilla, PhD

About the author

Sergio O. Saldaña-Zorrilla is a research scholar, professor and Rector’s advisor at the University of Sciences and Arts of Chiapas (UNICACH), in Mexico.

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