Título del libro: Handbook Of Climate Change Management: Research, Leadership, Transformation
Título del capítulo: Perceptions of Climate Threats of 21 Municipal Authorities Compared to the Disasters Observed in Puebla, Mexico
VERONICA JIMENEZ JACINTO; ANA CECILIA CONDE ALVAREZ; ELDA LUYANDO LOPEZ;
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Año de publicación:
2021
Palabras clave:
Climatic threats; Hydrometeorological disasters; Impacts; Perceptions; Vulnerability
Resumen:
This chapter analyzes climate threats? perceptions and which sectors could be the most vulnerable to these threats in several municipalities in Puebla, Mexico. For this, the method applied was to develop a participative workshop ?Planning to face the challenges of climate change? carried out at the Center for Economic and Social Development Studies (CEDES, of the Autonomous University of Puebla, BUAP), at Puebla city, on 29 November 2018. Two surveys were applied during that workshop to collect the perceptions of 21 newly elected representatives of municipalities in that State. At the end of the workshop, a discussion of the final results took place. Further on, it was performed a contrast between those results with the National Center for Disaster Prevention (CENAPRED 2017b) declarations for 2000?2016. Mainly, it was a comparison between perceptions and real events. The perceptions of the participating municipal authorities and decision-makers were consistent with that reality. The first survey results show that the climatic threats they perceived as the most relevant were cyclones, rains, frost, and droughts. Although there were different perceptions according to their geographical location, the neighboring municipalities presented very similar observations. The second survey asked about the vulnerability of productive sectors. The survey results show that the subsistence agricultural sector is most vulnerable among all the sectors raised. The comparison with the National Center for Disaster Prevention (CENAPRED) declarations for the period 2000?2016 showed that the municipalities of the Sierra Norte region were the most vulnerable to cyclones, rains, and frost, mainly in agricultural activities. Finally, the socioeconomic impacts of natural disasters of hydrometeorological type for the period 2000?2015 were analyzed. Those results show that tropical cyclones had the highest costs, rains, and droughts, in that order, followed by low temperatures and frosts, finally floods and high winds. © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021. All rights are reserved.
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9783030572815
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Perceptions of Climate Threats of 21 Municipal Authorities Compared to the Disasters Observed in Puebla, Mexico
Página inicial:
4897
Página final:
4922
