Water evacuations in remote tourist regions: evaluating case studies from natural hazards in North Patagonian lakes, Argentina.

ABSTRACT: The remote North Patagonian region is a sparsely populated territory and a world famous tourist destination located on the leeward side of the Andes Mountains. Recent disasters triggered by various types of geoenvironmental hazards (including volcanic eruptions, mass-wasting processes and extreme weather events) heavily disrupted ground transport networks in a region with already limited territorial accessibilities. All these catastrophes prompted the need to evacuate or assist a number of secluded visitors, locals and livestock extemporaneously on board of coastguards and tourist passenger-ships from the shores of the many glacial lakes that make up part of the regional attraction. Despite the recurrence of these types of events, water evacuations in the region continue to be spontaneous,

SUBMITTER: Salgado PA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9244408 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature