Resumen

SALAMANCA MAZUELO, Luis; QUIROGA BECERRA DE LA ROCA, Roger  y  ZAMORA AUZA, Bárbara. Ochenta y cinco años de la historia de desastres en Bolivia (1920-2005). Revista Virtual REDESMA [online]. 2011, vol.5, n.2, pp. 15-31. ISSN 1995-1078.

The purpose of this essay is to establish areas in which the state and civil society should pay more attention, such as the presence and recurrence of disasters. If these small disasters are not considered, it may be difficult to solve them in time. Therefore, they should be taken into account in planning and defining land and prospective remedies to seek a harmonious development with nature. Adverse natural phenomena studied are: floods, droughts, epidemics, landslides, mudslides, hail and at the end the anthropic and social conflict and war.

Palabras llave : Natural and anthropic disasters; natural phenomena; floods; droughts; landslides; mudslides; hail and social conflicts and wars.