Comprehensive Territorial Management And Planning In Small Islands As A Tool For Natural Hazard Reduction

Authors

  • Mario J. Gallego Cosme Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Spain

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15359/abra.34-48.1

Keywords:

Global warming, small islands, territorial planning, vulnerability

Abstract

Vulnerability of small island spaces comes fromtheir lack of resources of every kind, including humanones, which sometimes turns them into passive subjectsof natural hazards and other negative contingencies,particularly those of economic and social nature. In thisregard, the shortage of space directly affects the progressand welfare of these territories, which must address thedifficult task of finding a model of sustainable developmentthat ensures an autonomous economic growth over thelong term without compromising the environment. Thispaper will discuss the need for a comprehensive planningand management of the island territories as a means toachieve these ends and, above all, as the main tool forreducing the

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Published

2014-04-22

How to Cite

Comprehensive Territorial Management And Planning In Small Islands As A Tool For Natural Hazard Reduction. (2014). Revista ABRA, 34(48), 1-18. https://doi.org/10.15359/abra.34-48.1

How to Cite

Comprehensive Territorial Management And Planning In Small Islands As A Tool For Natural Hazard Reduction. (2014). Revista ABRA, 34(48), 1-18. https://doi.org/10.15359/abra.34-48.1

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