Abstract

VELAZQUEZ-GONZALEZ, Karen; ADAME-MARTINEZ, Salvador; HOYOS CASTILLO, Guadalupe  and  SEINGIER, Georges. Resilience to socio-natural disasters of Mexican Pacific coastal municipalities. Econ. soc. territ [online]. 2021, vol.21, n.65, pp.205-238.  Epub May 06, 2021. ISSN 2448-6183.  https://doi.org/10.22136/est20211648.

This research determined resilience to socio-natural disasters of the coastal municipalities of the Mexican Pacific, through an index built with 24 indicators, congregated in three subindex: prevention, resistance and recovery. The resilience found was mainly medium, due to a weak recovery capacity. A cluster analysis defined five groups with particular resilience characteristics, highlighting one with major lag in Oaxaca and Guerrero due to its low prevention and recovery levels, which will allow decision makers to guide strategies and prioritize actions to increase resilience to natural threats in Mexican territory.

Keywords : socio-natural disasters; coastal municipalities; resilience.