Agnes Jane Soto Gómez

• Doctor of Philosophy
• PhD Student at Uppsala University

This study used remotely sensed maps of nightlights to investigate the etiology of increasing disaster losses from hydrometeorological hazards in a data-scarce area. We explored trends in the probability of occurrence of hazardous events (extreme rainfall) and exposure of the local population as components of risk. The temporal variation of the spa...

Understanding the conditions of the locations where disasters are reported and applying that knowledge to disaster risk reduction actions is essential and especially needed on the local scale. This study assessed how important the physical configuration is as cause of disasters by studying the links between the locations where disasters have been r...

This work proposes a method to overcome data limitations encountered when analyzing disasters at a local scale in disaster-prone areas. Research is required to understand the processes underlying the disasters in disaster-prone areas. However, many such areas lack sufficient data for the statistically significant studies that would strongly support...