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Disaster Risk Management Plans in Colombia: General Guidelines for Their Development

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 August 2021

Alejandra María Díaz-Tamayo Open the ORCID record for Alejandra María Díaz-Tamayo [Opens in a new window]
Alejandra María Díaz-Tamayo*
Affiliation:
Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia
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Corresponding author: Alejandra María Díaz-Tamayo, Email: alejandra.diaz@correounivalle.edu.co
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Abstract

Over the years, Colombia has faced disaster situations that have generated changes in risk management models. These situations have brought suffering, destruction, and loss of human life, but have also served as lessons to develop procedures aimed at minimizing the risks caused by the presence of hazards. The objective of this article is to provide general evidence-based guidelines for formulating disaster risk management plans for each of the 3 action processes: risk awareness, risk reduction, and disaster management in Colombia. These plans can be achieved by preparing responses to different emergencies, which arise from threats in each of the possible scenarios, and are adverse events that alter the normal functioning of entities and communities. The implementation of these prevention strategies will allow communities to respond effectively to emergencies and recover rapidly in the face of adversity.

Keywords

riskrisk managementdisastersprevention
Type
Concepts in Disaster Medicine
Information
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness , Volume 16 , Issue 4 , August 2022 , pp. 1628 - 1633
Copyright
© Society for Disaster Medicine and Public Health, Inc. 2021

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