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The analysis of natural hazards is an important topic for spatial planning, and in which many papers have been published in recent years. However, a real and effective transfer to normative documents has not yet been achieved. Considering the suitability of the regional scale for its management, this paper performs an analysis of the Land Management Plans of the province of Malaga (Spain). Among the main conclusions, it stands out that there is a manifest concern in these plans for natural hazards, but that it is not transferred to the regulations or to the planning cartography. In this regard, a series of specific improvement proposals are offered to correct this problem. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

One of the main problems faced by authorities when delimiting flood areas is derived from the fact that hydraulic-hydrological models and their flood maps do not accurately correspond to the actual extent of the floods and hazards, often underestimating them. In order to assess this hypothesis, this paper analyses the recent flood in Campanillas (Málaga, Spain). The study compares the differences between the official flood maps and the real flood. The results of this study clearly confirm the aforementioned underestimation. Beyond a simple comparison, a series of potential causes of this underestimation are proposed. Some of them are related to the hydraulic-hydrological model used to create the official maps (e.g., it represents a closed area, it omits indirect anthropogenic activities, it omits flood flux alterations caused by roads, bridges, etc.). Additionally, other causes are related to the characteristics of the flood hazard in Mediterranean areas (e.g., simultaneous and synergic associated hazards and the omission of rhexistasy in Mediterranean areas when modelling water infrastructures). To conclude, based on the causes of the highlighted inaccuracy of the official maps, several measures aimed at improving the forecasts in flood areas in these official maps are proposed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper explores in detail the concept of ideology in Žižek's work, showing its affiliation with Lacan's notion of phantasm. Considering ideology in the light of its relations with the divided subject and with the objet a, the essay shows how ideology intervenes on two levels that must be distinguished: the fantasy and the symptom. What I will propose is that ideology looks on one side towards fantasy, whose function is to hide the difference between political reality and the real, and on the other it evokes the symptom, which is the return of the real, of what was excluded from reality and which, nevertheless, appears to reintroduce the lack in the social field. This premise will lead me to argue that if the symptom is what makes the unification of reality impossible, the danger of the realization of fantasy lies in the search for a fully reconciled political reality. Where the project of fantasy becomes the destruction of the symptom, the elimination of social conflict, violence becomes unlimited, it never ends. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, I examine which elements of the myth of Atalanta enabled its survival from Antiquity to the present day. I find in the classical period her figure was used to recall the role of women in society; the Renaissance, to warn about the danger of her nature and the need for her domination; and Modernity, to enunciate the resistance of subordinated alterity. Thus, through a comprehensive study of literary and iconographic versions and variants of the myth, I argue that the articulation between identity and alterity is a device for its transformation and survival. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper argues that this year's "Nobel" prize in economics celebrates one of the weakest aspects of modern macroeconomic thinking: its limited ability to understand the macro-financial instability of modern capitalism. Instead of challenging the stubborn refusal to take seriously thinkers who confront the essential importance of finance and its dangers for the modern world, such as Hyman Minsky or Hyun Song Shin, it flaunts the tendency to ignore them. And it argues that if the Prize Committee had wanted to reward those who seek to understand the dynamics of the modern global financial system and its interconnections with the real economy, it should have given it to the BIS team, which dates back to the time of William White, and to academic economists associated with the BIS such as Hyun Song Shin. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This is not the usual work on post-truth. It does not expose, assuming that there is a univocal concept of post-truth, how to avoid its danger. On the contrary, the paper attempts to question the very notion of post-truth. The procedure consists of a lexical-logical analysis and a hermeneutic synthesis of the definitions of "posttruth" in the most emblematic dictionaries of the English and Spanish languages. It studies, first, the unemotional pure reason of the OED, and, second, the naive intact realism of the DLE. The main conclusion is that the distinction between truth and post-truth is rhetorical-pragmatic, not ontological. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This is not the usual work on post-truth. It does not expose, assuming that there is a univocal concept of post-truth, how to avoid its danger. On the contrary, the paper attempts to question the very notion of post-truth. The procedure consists of a lexical-logical analysis and a hermeneutic synthesis of the definitions of "posttruth" in the most emblematic dictionaries of the English and Spanish languages. It studies, first, the unemotional pure reason of the OED, and, second, the naive intact realism of the DLE. The main conclusion is that the distinction between truth and post-truth is rhetorical-pragmatic, not ontological. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Literature played a fundamental role in Benjamin's political thought. His concept of experience in modernity could not be understood without the figures of Baudelaire and Proust. But in this paper it is not about observing Benjaminian categories in the literature that talks about migration phenomena, but about retaking the political character of his concept of allegory, of seeing certain literature as an illumination, in a determined temporality, of an instant of danger capable of provoking a productive and memorable detention. The Arrival by Shaun Tan is a fictional story in images that accounts for the migratory flow that does not stop throughout the world and the allegories that are manifested, anchored to precise and temporary stories. Literature, then, establishes a relation with these times: complex and terrible, forming what Walter Benjamin would call a dialectical image. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper addresses aspects related to the identification of environmental hazards that affect the Ondjiva commune and their direct interrelation with water pollution, typical of anthropic action. From the study of the water resources of the study area, an evaluation of the risks due to anthropic contamination on the waters was carried out. The research was structured in four stages, the main results of which were: a typological model of environmental hazards and a geostatistical model of the quality of surface and groundwater in the study area. Through the characterization and zoning of natural and anthropic factors in the study region, solid waste pollution is identified as the main pollutant focus of the waters of the Ondjiva Commune. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The octubre 23th of 2005 the Wilma hurricane live the water near of Cuba, despite being more than 200 km in the Gulf of Mexico, he left his footprints in Havana. It is e necessity to protect the city form the attack of the hurricanes and other severe events, for that reason several studies in order to kwon the behavior of the flooding have been done. In this paper are presented the formulas to compute the average wave overtopping, it is define the wave characteristics by mean a train of numerical model that allow to obtain the hydrographs to force the Iber model, and were done different flooding simulation of the study area, it allow define the location with more hazard. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The most useful prospective methods to risk analysis in ionizing radiation medicine are the risk matrix and the failure mode and effect analysis. In another hand, at the world level developed various systems for reactive risk analysis, for example ROSIS, SAFRON and ARIR. In the research will follow to development and use an integration methodology of these methods. This approach was introduced in the Cuban code SECURE MR-FMEA version 3.0. A specific taxonomy for the incident data base (IDB) coupled with the code was developed and it was created the correspondence analysis of studied models for radiotherapy for allows the selection by expert criteria. The result of this matching allows the validation of the risk patterns by risk matrix or FMEA approach, through the coverage or representative studies in the incident data base. The most representative risk patterns in the incident data base are the linear accelerator and cobalt therapy. The comparison between the results of the investigation and other similar studies are available in the paper. The IDB incorporated de radionuclide therapy and transport of radioactive materials events. This research facilitates the decision-making in improvements of safety and culture in the ionizing radiation medicine. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Debris flows occurrence represents a potential geological hazard threatening community of the Aconcagua Park. These events are generated on steeper slopes reaching high velocities and great volume. Main historical cause of events is water saturation of sediments or rocks due to precipitation, snow thawing or permafrost degradation during warmer seasons. This paper focuses in the analysis of debris flow susceptibility considering conditioning factors such as lithology, slope, elevation, slope orientation and vegetation presence. These variables were analyzed through superposition of thematic maps and an inventory map of historical debris flows in a GIS environment. A physical model (SINMAP) and statistical methods of logistic regression and Wi were applied obtaining three different models spatially validated with inventory control map. The models showed good performance, even though the SINMAP shows differences in the zoning comparing with statistician ones, being logistical regression the more proper method for susceptibility assessment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Risk analyses applied to radiotherapy treatments have become an undeniable necessity, considering the dangers generated by the combination of using powerful radiation fields on patients and the occurrence of human errors and equipment failures during these treatments. The technique par excellence to execute these analyses has been the risk matrix. This paper presents the development of a new algorithm to execute the task with wide graphic and analytic potentialities, thus transforming it into a very useful option for risk monitoring and the optimization of quality assurance. The system SECURE-MR, which is the basic software of this algorithm, has been successfully used in risk analysis regarding different kinds of radiotherapies. Compared to previous methods, It offers new possibilities of analysis considering risk controlling factors as the robustness of reducers of initiators frequency and its consequences. Their analytic capacities and graphs allow novel developments to classify risk contributing factors, to represent information processes as well as accidental sequences. The paper shows the application of the proposed system to a generic process of radiotherapy treatment using a lineal accelerator. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper attempts to zone yellow fever risk in La Macarena (department of Meta, Colombia) in terms of environmental hazards and socio-economic vulnerabilities. An ecological study was carried out, in which data published from 2007 to 2013 on conditions of the municipality were integrated into a geographic information system. Through a superposition of map layers, magnitudes of hazard and vulnerability proportional to the degree of severity were obtained. As a result the spatial heterogeneity of the risk of yellow fever was described, suggesting that the areas surrounding populated centers, roads and rivers present the highest probability of transmission. It is concluded that the cartographic representation of the spatial distribution of risk in the municipality constitutes a methodological contribution to health risk zoning - in concrete geographical areas and based on hazards and vulnerabilities - which facilitates decision-making in public health. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this paper is to present the emotion of fear of a so-called cultural scheme: risk and danger, which operates fishermen of Armeria, Colima and refers, on the one hand, caution and required to fish care and, on the other, to the courage, skills, knowledge, courage and pride that means them to be fishermen. What makes them learn to survive and develop a sense of survival at sea, through which manage to create a space for socialization and appreciation to arise from the natural conditions and manufactured that takes place artisanal fisheries in this county. The origin of this cultural scheme, denoting the emotion of fear as a physical emotion but also socially constructed and part of the culture of the fisherfolk as we can see in the content of this text. Interpretations and meanings having such emotion are studied. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction. According to Pérez (2010) for each ton of waste generated by the consumption of any product, 25 tons of waste have been produced in the process of extraction of raw materials and manufacture of the product, which is why it is essential to perform a correct management of the residues taking into account the occupational safety and health risks that arise during the management. Objective. This paper identifies and evaluates occupational safety and health risks during the collection and segregation of solid waste as well as the conditioning, agglomeration and pelleting of recycled plastic. Materials and methods. The diagnosis of occupational safety was based on the registry of occupational accidents occurred in the period from July 2013 to June 2014, while the diagnosis in occupational hygiene was made from measurements of noise, illumination, thermal stress, vibration, particulate matter Total and breathable, manual handling of load and repetitive work. Results. It identified 77 hazards to which the company's workers are exposed. These hazards were assessed using the risk matrix developed by the Chilean Security Association (ACHS, 2009). Conclusion. The result of the evaluation reports that noise, total particulate matter and whole-body vibration are critical hazards, while manual handling of load, repetitive motion, heat and insufficient machinery protection are significant hazards. Almost all hazards with significant and critical risk are hazards of occupational hygiene, which implies that improvements must be made in the organization and infrastructure of the work environment as well as promoting a culture of accident prevention. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The techniques of risk control at the moment available they don't satisfy the necessary speed to the surveillance of the effects from the equipment failures and human errors during practical of radiotherapy. The methodology proposed in this paper integrates databases on possible accident sequences in medical practices using ionizing radiation with a tool for dynamic updating of operational conditions risk variables. An immediate result of the analysis is the knowledge of the new scenarios of danger, under any combination of unavailability to the risk, based on multiple study capacities and mimics for the processes and sequences. These capacities guarantee the instantaneous risk monitoring for any state of the studied scenarios. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper determines and studies, analyzes and elaborates and classifies and categorizes the main qualitative techniques for hazards identification and assessment in chemical industrial processes. It specifies that these techniques base their effectiveness both, on analytical estimation processes and on the safety managers-engineers ability. It enumerates also those that present a bigger use frequency as well as the dangers that identify and the results that they give. Their use is linked, in function of the complexity level of the analysis technique, with the different stages of the life of industrial projects / processes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents a state-of-art-review of the available studies and techniques that allow the identification, evaluation and control of the hazards that can appear in the different stages of the life of industrial processes: design, construction, start-up and normal operation, process modifications and dismantling or abandonment of the facilities. It is also evidenced that the application of these identification techniques of hazards in the chemical processes allows to prevent the accidents that can happen in the industrial facilities and to assure the productivity of the same ones. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Roadside areas are elements intended to reduce the Run-off-road crashes. The hazardousness is an indicator of compliance of this objective. There are few methods to measure hazardousness, which usually depend of the availability of accident data. This paper examines the factors that explain the roadside hazardousness on the basis of existing models and analysis of field data. It was determined that the clearance side next to the barriers of protection, especially in curves with inclined slopes, it is significant to explain the hazards. It was determined that for straights and curves without barriers is relevant the type of object and its position measured position in the roadside. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the present paper, occupational risks associated with the use of analyzer for gamma camera diagnosis were analyzed. The used method is based on determining the Hazard Rating Number. The capabilities of the method allow the classification of risks according to their importance. The results show the preponderance of certain risks as electrocution and direct contact with the source. A very useful application of the analysis is the determination of the safety rules to use the system. Finally, an action plan for risk management is presented. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents the results of the Probabilistic Safety Assessment to the radiotherapy treatment with an Electron Linear Accelerator for Medical Use, which was conducted in the framework of the Iberian-American Forum of Radiological and Nuclear Regulatory Agencies. Potential accidental exposures during the treatment of patients, workers and members of the public were assessed, although the study was mainly focused on patients. The methodology of failure modes and effects analysis was used to define accident initiating events and methods of event tree and fault tree analysis to determine the accident sequences that may occur. After quantifying the frequency of occurrence of the accident sequences, an important analysis was carried out in order to determine the most significant events from the point of view of safety. The major contributors to risk were identified as well as the most appropriate safety recommendations to reduce it. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

During the last years the incidence of environmental hazards and socio-economic in Latin American countries tends to increase. The same applies to the degree of vulnerability and this is, above all, a function of the social position of the actors. This paper is dedicated to the discussion of the several concepts of risk and vulnerability within an interdisciplinary perspective. Related to the risks, there are two basic positions: from the point of view of natural science, risk is considered as a funtion of the probability of an event and the magnitude of any possible damage. From this "objectivist" perspective, the risk analysis points to the quantification and valuation. Instead, in the social science predominates the "constructivist" perspective of the risk, wich focuses in a qualitative manner, in the influence of the perceptions and decisions of the actors on the social construction of risk. Related to the vulnberability, the analysis distinguishes between the exposure (to the risk) on one side, and the ability of reaction (or domination), on the other. These two aspects form a "double structure" of vulnerability with an internal and external side. In the Latin American context the concepts of risk and vulnerability show their relevance not only by the exposure to natural hazards and climate changes, but also by the exposure of much of the Latin American societies to the dangers arising from the insertion in globalization and neoliberal policies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]