TY - JOUR
T1 - Tsunami impact and resilience cycle in an insular town
T2 - The case of Robinson Crusoe island, Chile
AU - Breuer, Wolfgang Alejandro
AU - IGUALT JARA, FELIPE EDUARDO
AU - Contreras-López, Manuel
AU - Winckler, Patricio
AU - Zambra, Cristopher
N1 - Funding Information:
This paper is dedicated to the families of the victims and to those who lost their lives with the tsunami. We acknowledge Keila Alanis, former resident of SJB, who played a key role in contacting the eyewitnesses during the field surveys. We are grateful to Guillermo Gonz?lez and Rodrigo Cepeda, both filmmakers, for producing the documentary ?El sonido de Robinson?. The authors acknowledge the Chilean Navy for providing transport to and from SJB during the post-tsunami field surveys, and Universidad de Valpara?so for the support during the initial stages of the research.
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© 2021 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2021/8/1
Y1 - 2021/8/1
N2 - This paper analyzes the resilience cycle in San Juan Bautista (SJB), a town in Robinson Crusoe Island which has been severely affected by four tsunamis since it was first occupied in 1591. Technical reports, press archives and zoning plans are classified according to the stages of preparation, response, recovery and adaptation, and then used to explain the factors that delay the resilience cycle following the 2010 Chile tsunami. We conclude that before this event, SJB was not prepared due to the location of critical infrastructure in the flooding zone and the lack of risk principles in land use planning. Additionally, the failure of the Chilean tsunami warning system resulted in 16 casualties. As for recovery, nearly a decade after the tsunami, SJB is the only town countrywide that has not reached pre-tsunami performance levels. The relocation of housing in highlands and the use of emergency infrastructure to guarantee continuity of basic services are partial outcomes of the process. Adaptation has shown little advance since recovery is still ongoing. The analysis suggests that a contextualized urban planning policy, taking advantage of the local conditions, expertise and building materials, as well as the involvement of the community and local government, should be adopted in island territories exposed to tsunamis.
AB - This paper analyzes the resilience cycle in San Juan Bautista (SJB), a town in Robinson Crusoe Island which has been severely affected by four tsunamis since it was first occupied in 1591. Technical reports, press archives and zoning plans are classified according to the stages of preparation, response, recovery and adaptation, and then used to explain the factors that delay the resilience cycle following the 2010 Chile tsunami. We conclude that before this event, SJB was not prepared due to the location of critical infrastructure in the flooding zone and the lack of risk principles in land use planning. Additionally, the failure of the Chilean tsunami warning system resulted in 16 casualties. As for recovery, nearly a decade after the tsunami, SJB is the only town countrywide that has not reached pre-tsunami performance levels. The relocation of housing in highlands and the use of emergency infrastructure to guarantee continuity of basic services are partial outcomes of the process. Adaptation has shown little advance since recovery is still ongoing. The analysis suggests that a contextualized urban planning policy, taking advantage of the local conditions, expertise and building materials, as well as the involvement of the community and local government, should be adopted in island territories exposed to tsunamis.
KW - Post-tsunami recovery
KW - Tsunami Chile 2010
KW - Tsunami mitigation strategies
KW - Tsunami preparedness
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85107700564&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2021.105714
DO - 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2021.105714
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85107700564
VL - 209
JO - Ocean and Coastal Management
JF - Ocean and Coastal Management
SN - 0964-5691
M1 - 105714
ER -
