General Study on the Vulnerability of Road Segments to Natural Hazards of the Pan American Highway and its Complementary Corridors in Central America (2001)

Prepared with the support of the Department of Transportation of the United States of America.

Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

PART 1: GENERAL SUMMARY ON THE VULNERABILITY TO NATURAL HAZARDS OF THE PAN AMERICAN HIGHWAY AND ITS COMPLEMENTARY CORRIDORS

Pan American Highway vulnerability to natural hazards
	National reports on the vulnerability to natural hazards of the Pan American Highway in Central America

	Costa Rica
	El Salvador
	Guatemala
	Honduras
	Nicaragua
	Panama

PART 2: RELATIONSHIPS OF ACTIVITIES REGARDING VULNERABILITY REDUCTION TO NATURAL HAZARDS OF THE CENTRAL AMERICAN TRANSPORTATION SECTOR

Figure 5

Contributions of the OAS-USDOT Project on Vulnerability Reduction of the Transportation Sector to SIECA and CEPREDENAC Regional Activities

PART 3: CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

The elaboration of national vulnerability studies to natural hazards of the Pan American Highway and evaluation methodologies
	Civil Mitigation Works
	Activities towards the reduction of natural hazard vulnerability in Central America

LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1	Nomenclature of the Pan American Highway and its Complementary Corridors of the Highway Network in Central America
Figure 2	National Studies and Coordination Focal Points
Figure 3	Vulnerable Distance to Natural Hazards in the Pan American Highway
Figure 4	Total Cost in U.S. Dollars of the Identified Labor in Vulnerability Reduction of the Pan American Highway
Figure 5	Contributions of the OAS-USDOT Project on Vulnerability Reduction of the Transportation Sector to SIECA and CEPREDENAC Regional Activities

ANNEXES
Annex A	OAS-USDOT Formats: Part 1 - Part 2
Annex B	Matrices on the Vulnerability of the Pan American Highway and its Complementary Corridors Presented in the National Reports