Resumen

SOARES, Denise; MURILLO, Daniel; ROMERO, Roberto  y  MILLAN, Gemma. Threats and Vulnerabilities: Two Faces of Disasters in Celestún, Yucatán. Desacatos [online]. 2014, n.44, pp.159-177. ISSN 2448-5144.

Social and environmental constraints of the risks, responses to disasters, as well as the nature of the relationship between disaster and development have been the subject of increasing attention from researchers in the social sciences. That's because the risks of disasters have become a growing threat by climate change. In this work we reflect over the triad vulnerability-disaster-development and present a case study in the municipality of Celestún, Yucatán, on social perceptions about the vulnerability against extreme weather events. We expected to know the views of the population regarding hurricanes, their access to the training and to evaluation of local authorities management.

Palabras llave : vulnerability; disasters; threat; risks; Celestun.