Climate change and the increase in disasters related to hydrometeorological and climatic events in Mexico: main impacts on the population

• Type: Chapter or Part of a Book
• Date: 2023

Authors

Lima, Gabriela (Author) FLUP; Abeldaño Zuñiga, Roberto Ariel (Author) Other; Jerez-Ramírez, Deysi Ofelmina (Author) Other

Book

Title: Climate change and health hazards: addressing hazards to human and environmental health from a changing climate

Pages: 209-227

ISBN: 978-3-031-26591-4 (hk); 978-3-031-26594-5 (pbk)

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-031-26592-1

Publisher: Springer Cham

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-26592-1_11

Abstract (EN): Mexico is highly vulnerable to climate change and extreme hydrometeorological and climatic events, mainly due to the rapid growth of urban centers, deterioration of rural areas, and its high levels of poverty. Between 1970 and 2021, 210 disastrous hydrometeorological and climatic events were registered in the country, which generated a total of 6,728 deaths, 3,176 injured people and 7,636,419 affected, being Veracruz, Oaxaca, Chihuahua, and Sonora the most impacted states. Despite the efforts made to create strategies aligned with the Sendai Platform, Mexico continues to present alarming indicators of vulnerability and exposure to different threats, including those of climatic and hydrometeorological origin. One of the main future challenges for the country is finding a way to encourage the participation of communities in the transformation of structures, linking the different social actors in the process of generating public policies on disaster risk and climate change.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific