The city lost to the waters: a case study of Vila Epecuén, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Authors

  • Lise Fernanda Sedrez Programa de Pós-graduação em História Social Instituto de História Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
  • Marina Miraglia Universidade Nacional de General Sarmiento Professora-adjunta, Sistemas de Informação Geográfica

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-7976.2013v20n30p35

Abstract

The article analyzes the history of the tourist resort Vila Epecuén, Argentina. The village was destroyed by the expansion of the lake after which it was named. The article draws from the environmental history historiography in framing disasters as social-environmental historical processes, and applies concepts of Social Theory of Risk to focus on some elements of this case study.

Author Biographies

Lise Fernanda Sedrez, Programa de Pós-graduação em História Social Instituto de História Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

Professora de História da América

Insituto de História

http://lattes.cnpq.br/9290786350408164

Marina Miraglia, Universidade Nacional de General Sarmiento Professora-adjunta, Sistemas de Informação Geográfica

Marina Miraglia es doctora en Filosofía y Letras con Orientación en Geografía (Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires. Docente de Historia Ambiental en la Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires y de Sistemas de Información Geográfica en la Universidad Nacional de General Sarmiento; Investigadora en temas vinculados a las aplicaciones territoriales de los Sistemas de información geográfica. Directora de la Tecnicatura Superior en Sistemas de Información Geográfica en modalidades presencial y a distancia y Coordinadora del Laboratorio de Sistemas de Información Geográfica de la Universidad Nacional de General Sarmiento (2002-2011).

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Published

2013-12-19

How to Cite

Sedrez, L. F., & Miraglia, M. (2013). The city lost to the waters: a case study of Vila Epecuén, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Esboços: Histories in Global Contexts, 20(30), 35–51. https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-7976.2013v20n30p35

Issue

Vol. 20 No. 30 (2013): Dossiê Desastres Ambientais

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Special issue

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