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La Comisión Nacional de Emergencias (CNE) de Costa Rica es una institución autónoma del Estado encargada de coordinar y ejecutar acciones para la prevención, mitigación, preparación, respuesta y recuperación ante situaciones de emergencia o desastre en el país.

Este repositorio digital forma parte del compromiso con la gestión del conocimiento, y permite el acceso abierto a información relevante sobre emergencias y gestión del riesgo.

Organizado por comunidades (instituciones, áreas temáticas, proyectos) y colecciones (documentos agrupados por tipo o contenido).
Facilita la consulta de documentos técnicos, normativas, investigaciones, manuales y otros recursos.
Promueve el acceso libre, la transparencia institucional y la preparación ante emergencias mediante la difusión del conocimiento.

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Los accidentes acuáticos alrededor de nuestras costas y su relación con el estado del mar y de la atmósfera
Lizano Rodríguez, Omar G
A review of the main ocean-atmospheric phenomena that can produce water accidents on our shores is made, describing their characteristics, propagation and origins. Several cases of documented typical recent accidents were collected. The global ocean-weather conditions, the local characteristics and the relation with a particular accident are described. Emphasis on the need for information on sea conditions is made in order to coastal population, occasional residents, tourists, etc., can plan their visits to the sea. It's recommended a website and mobile application that provides warnings and timely information for users to consult sea conditions and safely plan any activity on the coast or offshore sea
Plan Nacional de Gestión de Riesgo de Costa Rica en el marco de la Agenda Global de Cambio para reducir los riesgos a desastres
Markus, Patrick C.G.F
This paper analyzes the Costa Rican National Risk Management Plan for 2016-2020. It starts with a review of the objectives, main approaches and relationships between the international framework agreements that form the Global Agenda with respect to climate change (the Paris Agreement), sustainable development (the 2030 Agenda) and disaster risk reduction (the Sendai Framework). The reader is oriented on the Costa Rican context regarding this Global Transformative Agenda and the National Policy for Disaster Risk Management 2016-2030. The paper briefly analyzes the relations between this Agenda and risk management practices and conceptions of disaster risks on which it is based, and aims to answer the questions what is the character of the transformation that the Agenda seeks to procure, which processes need to be transformed and whom will have to realize these transformations. It is concluded that the vision expressed in the Agenda is well reflected in the Costa Rican National Policy and its first 5 year plan. At the same time recommendations are offered based on an analysis of the organizational change that is required for its implementation
El uso de las redes sociales para aumentar el alcance de la Red Sismológica Nacional
Carvajal Elizondo, Silvia
The National Seismological Network of Costa Rica (RSN: UCR-ICE) conducts research in Seismology and Vulcanology since 1973. Since 2012, the RSN has had an important role in communicating scientific and educational materials through social networks. Facebook has been the most used platform to reach the community. In this article, we describe the goals for using Facebook and its contents, as well as the strategies through educational campaigns. The main goal for using Facebook is to enhance the outreach to the community with information and scientific and educational materials for raising awareness about the geological context in which the country is located. In addition, a brief analysis of the growth and participation of users and the scope of publications is presented. The daily growth of the number of followers can be up to 10 thousand after a felt earthquake or a volcanic eruption and the reach of a publication can be higher than one million users. This makes Facebook a tool with an invaluable educational power. The high interaction of the users after the occurrence of an earthquake or a volcanic eruption also represents a great opportunity to collect various data that can be used to construct isoseismal maps, to confirm models of dispersion of gases and ashes and to verify the geographic distribution of an eruption
Medición del conocimiento de los tsunamis en escuelas del pacífico central costarricense
Durán Valverde, Oscar
In the middle of 2016, we investigated the knowledge on tsunamis in five schools of the Costa Rican Pacific, whose names are: Escuela Central de Jacó, María Luisa Castro (Quepos), República de Corea (Quepos), Escuela de Dominical and Escuela Flor de Bahia (Uvita). We carried out this investigation because the subject is unknown in the in the population of coastal schools. The research was done to start a training process on risk management at these schools to increase the security of the students, prevent disasters and reduce deaths and material losses in the event of a possible tsunami. To achieve our objective we apply a seven questions poll about tsunamis, with single choice responses. The data were then processed manually. We found lack of knowledge in the students but they widely knows the basic rules to deal with a tsunami
En Torno a la Prevención No.19
Costa Rica. Comisión Nacional de Prevención de Riesgos y Atención de Emergencias