Beyond Technologies of Observation. Accepting Uncertainty in Disaster Risk Management

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dc.article.number100654
dc.catalogadorcarga
dc.contributor.authorGil Ureta Magdalena Sofia
dc.date.accessioned2025-08-30T11:01:17Z
dc.date.available2025-08-30T11:01:17Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.description.abstractThis short essay examines the current role of technologies of observation in disaster risk management, highlighting the limitations of relying solely on these systems to address extreme natural hazards. While advances in observation and prediction tools, such as seismographs, weather satellites, and early warning systems, have improved societies' capacity to anticipate and mitigate disasters, these technologies are not without challenges. Complex socio-technical systems remain prone to failures, and are difficult to interpret. Overall, uncertainty often prevails during emergencies. Using examples from Chile and Spain, this paper argues that the focus of disaster management should shift from the enhancement of technological precision to empowering decision-makers and communities to act effectively under conditions of uncertainty. I propose focusing on improving situational assessments, by emphasizing the importance of interpretation, translation, and even improvisation.
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dc.description.funderANID Anillo de Ciencia y Tecnología
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dc.fuente.origenWOS
dc.identifier.doi10.6092/issn.1971-8853/21077
dc.identifier.eissn1971-8853
dc.identifier.issn0328-1396
dc.identifier.scopusidSCOPUS_ID:105005017295
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.6092/issn.1971-8853/21077
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/105444
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:001490574500010
dc.information.autorucFacultad de Derecho; Gil Ureta Magdalena Sofia; 0000-0002-5166-4793; 133817
dc.issue.numero1
dc.language.isoen
dc.nota.accesoContenido parcial
dc.pagina.final164
dc.pagina.inicio155
dc.publisherSpringer Science and Business Media B.V.
dc.relation.ispartof21st Annual Conference of the International-Society-for-Environmental-Epidemiology, AUG 25-29, 2009, Dublin, IRELAND
dc.revistaSOCIOLOGICA-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR SOCIOLOGICAL DEBATE
dc.rightsregistro bibliográfico
dc.subjectDisasters
dc.subjectobservation
dc.subjectuncertainty
dc.subjectrisks
dc.subject.ddc610
dc.subject.deweyMedicina y saludes_ES
dc.subject.ods03 Good health and well-being
dc.subject.odspa03 Salud y bienestar
dc.titleBeyond Technologies of Observation. Accepting Uncertainty in Disaster Risk Management
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen19
sipa.codpersvinculados133817
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