La emergencia y magnitud de eventos climáticos adversos han dado como resultado significativas catástrofes en amplias regiones de América Latina. En este contexto podemos hacer referencia a las inundaciones que, constituyen fenómenos de riesgo y vulnerabilidad pues provocan pérdidas humanas y materiales. En el presente trabajo, se aborda el caso de los huaycos (i.e., deslizamientos de tierra, masas de roca o escombros producto de intensas precipitaciones) que afectan el distrito limeño de Lurigancho-Chosica (Perú). En primer lugar, se presenta la casuística esbozando los principales eventos ocurridos en dicha región desde el siglo pasado; en segundo lugar, se analizan la articulación conceptual e implicancias de los procesos de urbanización, la vulnerabilidad social y el rol que juega la cultura sobre las comunidades limeñas afectadas. Por último, se discute el caso concluye...

The Fire Department is a protection force for the citizens of a country. Because of its role and function, it is of vital importance to the community. This study investigates the relationship between Motivation, conceptualized as a guiding variable of behavior, and Work Values, considered as guides in the career of firefighters of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (Argentina). A descriptive, correlational and group difference study was carried out with a sample of 130 firefighters (25 women and 105 men), of whom 67 were paid and 63 were volunteers. The average age was 32.32 years. The Work Motivation Scale (adapted to Spanish by Gagné et al., 2012) and the Revised Scale of Work Values by Porto and Pilati (2010, Argentine adaptation by Moreno and Marcaccio, 2012) were used. It was found that extrinsically-motivated firefighters confer, autonomously and deliberately, significance to th...