ncorporación de estrategias de manejo ambiental en los planes de recuperación posdesastre en el Ecuador

Abstract

Due to the fact that the post-disaster recovery processes are not previously planned in the country and, in general, they are structured once the event has happened and with a focus on the reconstruction of public and housing infrastructure, without regard to environmental aspects involved; It is proposed to propose environmental management strategies that can be considered as fundamental elements in post-disaster recovery plans in Ecuador. In order to determine the strategies, experts were consulted on environmental and disaster risk management issues, identifying the key actions and gaps in the post-disaster recovery processes, being the basis for the formulation of environmental management proposals included in the Recovery of essential services, livelihoods and reconstruction of public and private infrastructure, with the purpose of which the impact is smaller or did not increase the one produced by the disaster. The results obtained and the opinions of the people consulted indicate that the implementation of the proposal is viable in the Decentralized National System of Risk Management of Ecuador.