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DisasterlandPreparedness

Disasterland: Preparedness [“Don’t be scared, be prepared” was an Indian safety campaign slogan on earthquake preparedness during the early 2000s. It supposed that preparedness prevents fear. In October 2008, in a neighborhood on the Venezuelan coastal state of Vargas, the major project PREDERES (Prevención de Desastres y Reconstrucción Social) funded by the European Commission came to an end. Nine years had passed since the terrible mudslides of December 1999 and, thanks to this project, a risk committee was set up in seventeen districts along the coast. Jaime was responsible for the committee in the working-class district La Veguita. He gave a walkie-talkie to Antonio, a local resident, so he could monitor the riverbed. With the device, he could communicate directly with the local civil defense. Antonio agreed to patrol and monitor the river and its water level in the event of rain. Markers were set up on the banks of the river to allow him to estimate the water level and sound the alarm in case of danger. For this, Antonio had received training provided by Peruvian and Nicaraguan consultants, along with all the other members of the risk committees in Vargas state. The neighborhood risk committee was also involved in full-scale simulation exercises that were organized as part of the PREDERES project. In talking about her participation in one of these simulations, Maria, one of Antonio’s neighbors, proudly concluded her account by saying “now, we are prepared.”] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

DisasterlandPreparedness

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Springer International Publishing
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© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020. Based on a translation from the French language edition: Les coulisses du monde des catastrophes «naturelles» by Sandrine Revet Copyright © Editions de la Maison des Sciences de L'Homme 2018 All Rights Reserved
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978-3-030-41581-5
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159 –185
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10.1007/978-3-030-41582-2_6
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Abstract

[“Don’t be scared, be prepared” was an Indian safety campaign slogan on earthquake preparedness during the early 2000s. It supposed that preparedness prevents fear. In October 2008, in a neighborhood on the Venezuelan coastal state of Vargas, the major project PREDERES (Prevención de Desastres y Reconstrucción Social) funded by the European Commission came to an end. Nine years had passed since the terrible mudslides of December 1999 and, thanks to this project, a risk committee was set up in seventeen districts along the coast. Jaime was responsible for the committee in the working-class district La Veguita. He gave a walkie-talkie to Antonio, a local resident, so he could monitor the riverbed. With the device, he could communicate directly with the local civil defense. Antonio agreed to patrol and monitor the river and its water level in the event of rain. Markers were set up on the banks of the river to allow him to estimate the water level and sound the alarm in case of danger. For this, Antonio had received training provided by Peruvian and Nicaraguan consultants, along with all the other members of the risk committees in Vargas state. The neighborhood risk committee was also involved in full-scale simulation exercises that were organized as part of the PREDERES project. In talking about her participation in one of these simulations, Maria, one of Antonio’s neighbors, proudly concluded her account by saying “now, we are prepared.”]

Published: Apr 29, 2020

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