Mapping Environmental and Socioeconomic impacts of hydrometeorological hazards across Central America. Study case: Honduras
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POLITICAECONOMICA103032019-08-26T14:43:17Z Mapping Environmental and Socioeconomic impacts of hydrometeorological hazards across Central America. Study case: Honduras Alfaro Martínez, Eric Jose Hidalgo León, Hugo Pérez Briceño, Paula Hydrometeorological hazards have historically affected Central America and significantly impacted the isthmus. However, the spatial distribution of those impacts is heterogeneous and depends on several factors, such as storm trajectories and community vulnerability. To address the spatial distribution of impacts related with historical events, Honduras was used as a case study. This paper was aimed at identifying the municipalities most impacted by the hydrometeorological events and at studying their correlation with socioeconomicvariables. Impacts recorded from 1919 to 2012 were collected from the DesInventar and EM-DAT databases. Data was georeferenced using a Geographical Information System and the information was disaggregated atlocal government scale. Spearman spatial correlation were calculated between physical variables and socioeconomic indices. The municipalities that reported more impacts included La Ceiba, Choluteca, Francisco Morazán and Yoro. Three hazards were found and the most important regarding impacts: cold fronts or outbreaks, tropical cyclones and easterly waves. The first type was more common during boreal winter, while the last two hazards were normally found during boreal spring-summer-autumn. Population and poverty were the social variables with the highest correlation with impacts. The analysis showed that spatial distribution of impacts related with hydrometeorological causes cannot be explained solely by climate causes. Therefore, other variables, such as socioeconomic should also be considered in analyses of these types of impact. Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica. 2018-02-28 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf text/html https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/politicaeconomica/article/view/10303 10.15359/peds.3-1.2 Revista de Política Económica y Desarrollo Sostenible; Vol. 3 Núm. 1 (2017): Revista de Política Económica y Desarrollo Sostenible (JULIO-DICIEMBRE) Revista de Política Económica y Desarrollo Sostenible; Vol 3 No 1 (2017): Revista de Política Económica y Desarrollo Sostenible (JULIO-DICIEMBRE) 2215-4167 eng spa https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/politicaeconomica/article/view/10303/12688 https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/politicaeconomica/article/view/10303/13534 Derechos de autor 2018 Revista de Política Económica para el Desarrollo Sostenible |
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Alfaro Martínez, Eric Jose Hidalgo León, Hugo Pérez Briceño, Paula |
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Alfaro Martínez, Eric Jose Hidalgo León, Hugo Pérez Briceño, Paula Mapping Environmental and Socioeconomic impacts of hydrometeorological hazards across Central America. Study case: Honduras |
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Alfaro Martínez, Eric Jose Hidalgo León, Hugo Pérez Briceño, Paula |
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Alfaro Martínez, Eric Jose |
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Mapping Environmental and Socioeconomic impacts of hydrometeorological hazards across Central America. Study case: Honduras |
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Mapping Environmental and Socioeconomic impacts of hydrometeorological hazards across Central America. Study case: Honduras |
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Mapping Environmental and Socioeconomic impacts of hydrometeorological hazards across Central America. Study case: Honduras |
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Mapping Environmental and Socioeconomic impacts of hydrometeorological hazards across Central America. Study case: Honduras |
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Mapping Environmental and Socioeconomic impacts of hydrometeorological hazards across Central America. Study case: Honduras |
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mapping environmental and socioeconomic impacts of hydrometeorological hazards across central america. study case: honduras |
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Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica. |
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2018 |
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https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/politicaeconomica/article/view/10303 |
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