Carolina S. Velasquez-Calderon

Education

Ph.D. Disaster Science and Management, University of Delaware, 2020
MsC. Caribbean Studies, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, 2009

Research Activities

• Water crisis, water justice, and social vulnerability in small Caribbean islands.
• Disaster Risk Management Policy, Preparedness, and Recovery.
• Climate Change Adaptation and Maladaptive Strategies.
• Ecosystem-Based Disaster Risk Reduction and Environmental Land Use Planning.

Selected Publications

Velasquez Calderon, C. S., & Wachtendorf, T. (2023). Desalination and the reproduction of water injustices in the San Andrés Island water crisis. Water Alternatives, 16(2), 632-658. Retrieved from https://www.water-alternatives.org/index.php/alldoc/articles/vol16/v16issue2/715-a16-2-16/file

Velasquez Calderon, C. S. (2022). Plan Territorial de Gestión del Riesgo de Desastres [Disaster Management Plan]. In Oscar J. Herrera, Carlos A. Baena, & Shirley Merchan (Eds.), Libertad Religiosa: Diálogo Cívico Militar Humanitario Respuesta en Desastres (pp. 40-60). ESING Escuela de Ingenieros Militares. Retrieved from https://www.ejercito.mil.co/libro-libertad-religiosa-dialogo-civico-militar-humanitario-respuesta-en-desastres/

Velasquez Calderon, C. S. (2020). The 2016 Water Crisis in San Andres Island: An Opportunity for Change? Ciencia Política, 15(29), 73-109. Retrieved from https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/cienciapol/article/view/86373 doi:10.15446/cp.v15n29.86373

Velasquez Calderon, C. S. (2018). Making Sense of 2016 Water crisis in San Andrés. A Colombian Caribbean island. Anais Brasileiros de Estudos Turísticos/ABET, 8(3), 59-73. Retrieved from https://periodicos.ufjf.br/index.php/abet/article/view/13868 doi:10.34019/2238-2925.2018.v8.13868

Mantilla, S., Velasquez Calderon, C. S., Roman, R., & James, J. (Eds.). (2016). Desarrollo y Turismo Sostenible en el Caribe [Sustainable Development and Tourism in the Caribbean. San Andrés isla, Colombia; Centro de Pensamiento del Caribe, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Sede Caribe. Retrieved from https://books.google.com.co/books/about/Desarrollo_y_turismo_sostenible_en_el_Ca.html?id=tzSrDwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=kp_read_button&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false

Velasquez Calderon, C. S. (2015). Community Perceptions of Water Access and Availability: San Andrés Island, Colombian Caribbean (Natural Hazards Center Quick Response Grant Report Series, 264). Boulder, CO, University of Colorado, Natural Hazard Center. Retrieved from https://hazards.colorado.edu/quick-response-report/community-perceptions-of-water-access-and-availability-san-andres-island-colombian-caribbean

Velasquez Calderon, C. S. (2011). La Percepción del riesgo de los agricultores de la isla de Providencia y Santa Catalina [Risk perception of farmers on the islands of Providencia and Santa Catalina facing hurricanes]. In Roman, R. (Ed.), Cultura, Sociedad, Desarrollo e Historia en el Caribe colombiano [Culture, Society, Development and History in the Colombian Caribbean] (pp. 135-167). San Andrés isla, Colombia; Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Sede Caribe. Retrieved from https://www.academia.edu/5859831/Vel%C3%A1squez_C_La_Percepci%C3%B3n_del_Riesgo

Velasquez Calderon, C. S., & Santos-Martínez, A. (2010). Vulnerabilidad socioeconómica de los agricultores frente a huracanes en las islas de Providencia y Santa Catalina, Caribe colombiano [Socio-economic vulnerability of farmers facing hurricanes on the islands of Providencia and Santa Catalina, Colombian Caribbean]. Gestión y Ambiente, 13(1), 07-20. Retrieved from https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/gestion/article/view/25376

Santos-Martínez, A., & Velasquez Calderon, C. S. (Eds.). (2008). Gestión del riesgo y Manejo de Crisis frente a Huracanes, Guía de Preparación [Hurricane preparation guide for risk management and crisis management]. San Andrés isla, Colombia; Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Sede Caribe. Retrieved from https://www.academia.edu/30008339/Gesti%C3%B3n_del_Riesgo_y_Manejo_de_Crisis_Frente_a_Huracanes