Evolución costera, morfodinámica de playas, antropización y riesgos naturales en la costa

Postgraduate Thesis (Finished) : 8
Postgraduate Thesis (In Current Direction) : 5
Undergraduate Thesis (Finished) : 46
Undergraduate Thesis (In Current Direction) : 7

Works Groups and International Networks:

Chair. Cathedra UNESCO-CUSTEAU in “Specialist Formation in Territorial Planning and Sustainable Development of the Coastal Zone”.

Associate Investigator of the “Research Center for Integrated Disaster Risk Management” (CIGIDEN). Line 5 (Sustainable Risk Mitigation). FONDAP N°15110017.

Iberoamerican Network of Investigation and Formation of Postgraduate in Integrated Coastal-Marine Management. (RED IBERMAR-AUIP). Operative Group Member IBERMAR-CHILE.

Iberoamerican Network of Beach Management and Certification - PROPLAYAS: Nodo-Chile (NODO C35 UC_UCV) www.sistemascosteros.org/proplayas

Work Group Member in Latin America and the Caribbean about Popular Habitat and social Inclusion, Latin-American Council of Social Sciences (GTHI-CLACSO).

Member of Chilean Society of Geographical Sciences (SOCHIGEO).

Member of the Iberoamerican Network in Applied Teledetection to Coastal Geological Risks of Iberoamerican Program of Sciences and Technology for Development (CYTED). 2009-2011. http://www.madhatt3r.com/websites/redriesgoslitorales

The UNESCO/Custeau Chair aimed at training specialists in spatial planning and sustainable development of the coastal zone has been successfully integrated into the Master of Geography of the Geography Institute of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, a currently accredited program in its eighth year of operation. This master’s program has both a professional and scientific profile and is oriented toward the acquisition of techniques and methodologies related to territorial information applied to decision making, with the need to train specialists and design an institutionality associated with integrated land management in Chile being the main link to the Chair. This link has been facilitated by the development of a robust line of research on coastal areas established at this institute that relates the natural functioning of the coast to the growing anthropization of the area, which has caused intense conservation problems, along with the recurrence of natural hazards that have led to large disasters in the country. To date, the program has conferred degrees upon 27 students, 10 of whom have worked on topics related to the coastal zone. Within the framework of continuing education, in 2016, the Geography Institute launched the “Certification Course in Disaster Risk Reduction: Prevention and Management.” This program has emerged as a necessity for the training of professionals in the topic of commonly occurring natural hazards on the Chilean coast. Its objective is to provide students with tools applicable to the study of natural hazards and their interaction with spatial planning instruments, emergency plans and reconstruction processes for resilient cities. To date, the program has received 34 professionals who work in various public and private institutions (http://geografia.uc.cl/).

Among the specialization courses related to the topics are “Course on Integrated Coastal Management,” delivered to officials of the Ministry of Public Works (2017), and “Elements of Land-use Planning,” given to officials of the Ministry of National Assets (2016). Dr. Martínez participated in 2012 and 2013 in the Biobío Region Coastline Zoning Project, developing an assessment of coastal risks and a 180-hour course for civil servants. In 2017 Dr. Martínez, developed a project entitled “Assessment of tsunami risk areas and evacuation potential” for the UC Public Policy Center, which generated bilateral workshops between ministries and organizations that allowed advancements in the articulation of risks in land-use planning instruments, resulting in a book chapter http://politicaspublicas.uc.cl/publicacion.