Estudio de percepción sobre indicadores de riesgos naturales en zonas urbanas del cantón Catamayo provincia de Loja

Abstract

Abstract: At a global level, natural risks have had an increase in the intensity of natural disasters, such as earthquakes, floods, fires, volcanic eruptions that represented a great threat in the economic and social aspect, as time goes by, disasters are increasing due to the demographic growth that has generated an accelerated urbanization. The present research work has the objective of determining the perception that people have regarding the potential risks faced by urban areas, their indicators and the response capacity of the authorities in charge of managing them. The methodology used consisted of making structured surveys to people over 18 years of age in the canton, with which it was identified that the risk factors according to the perception of the residents are fires and floods, a contrast was made with the Land Management Plan of Catamayo canton, and it was concluded that the plan complies with certain measures to mitigate risks, these results are useful for the competent authorities to include risk management initiatives in case of natural disasters.