Amenazas exógenas y vulnerabilidades endógenas Terremotos, crisis internacionales y desarrollo en Chile 1930-2010

Oscar Landerretche Gacitúa

doi:10.5354/0717-8980.2010.11221

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Exogenous threats and vulnerabilities: earthquakes, international crisis and development in Chile, 1930-2010

Authors

Oscar Landerretche Gacitúa Instituto de Asuntos Públicos. Universidad de Chile

Vol. 8 No. 15-16 (2010)

https://doi.org/10.5354/0717-8980.2010.11221

Abstract

Potentially catastrophic natural events (such as the major earthquakes affecting the Chilean territory from time to time) and international economic crises share one characteristic: they are both exogenous events for a small open economy. In both cases, the vulnerability of the socioeconomic system is largely determined by preventive measures and the level of emergency preparedness. These activities reach high levels of public interest and support immediately following a major event, but this tends to weaken as the event recedes in time. For the Chilean case, the hypothesis that recurrence of potentially disastrous events strengthens preventive measures and preparedness, thereby reducing system vulnerability, is confirmed. Nevertheless, vulnerability may vary greatly depending, to a considerable degree, on structural heterogeneity.

Keywords:

Exogenous shocks, vulnerability, prevention, structural heterogeneity, Chile.

Author Biography

Oscar Landerretche Gacitúa, Instituto de Asuntos Públicos. Universidad de Chile

Director Escuela de Postgrado del Instituto de Asuntos Públicos. Universidad de Chile

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Landerretche Gacitúa, O. (2010). Exogenous threats and vulnerabilities: earthquakes, international crisis and development in Chile, 1930-2010. Estado, Gobierno Y Gestión Pública, 8(15-16), pp. 39 / 67. https://doi.org/10.5354/0717-8980.2010.11221