Disasters II

Abstract

All disasters encompass social dimensions, either because they are the result of State neglect, or omission of enterprises, or due to short, medium or longterm unbalanced relations among society sectors and the environment, or else due to the consequences they produce not only to territories, populations, but also to the environment, the basis for social life. Each case will be given this or that focus to the detriment of others, but some dimensions can be found in several disasters: the need for identification and characterization of the impacts and damages caused, liability, adopted policies and programs to repair the harm, and the need for measures regarding prevention and risk reduction. For a while, the discussion of the causes of the disasters and their relation to the social and economic development models adopted by the countries that promote and sustain social inequality and access to services and means of survival, has been taking place. […]