Vulnerabilidad social a desastres en Tabasco.

Conmemoración del desastre de 2007

Abstract

In 2007, the state of Tabasco in Mexico suffered a disaster associated to the cold front number 4 and to the Noel tropical storm that caused heavy rains and serious floods in the entity. During the emergency phase, 62% of the entity was covered in water and 75% of the population was affected. In addition, three quarters of the City of Villahermosa, capital of the state, were covered in water. According to Cenapred, it is noted that, after the earthquake in 1985 which took place in Mexico City and the Wilma and Stan hurricanes in the southeast of the country, this is the disaster that has had more economic losses in the country. It’s been ten years since then, and the population is still suffering the consequences; although the social vulnerability status appeared a long time ago, since the economic development proposal by the State. The most important spatial changes took place since the 1960s with the Committee of the Grijalva River which modified the hydrologic system and then in the 1970s with the oil boom. The aforementioned caused an increase in the population first in the rural regions, and later on in the City of Villahermosa. More recently due to neoliberalism and the energy reform, the structural changes have led to an increase in unemployment, more social inequality, public insecurity, and emigration.