Estudio de percepción sobre indicadores de riesgos naturales en zonas urbanas del cantón de Machala, provincincia del Oro.

Abstract

Abstract: Natural risks are of considerable concern to the population since they affect their living conditions; the perception of risks has not been taken into account in most planning instruments and this is also what happens in the Machala canton. For this, a study was defined where the perception of the population is analyzed based on: mass movement, susceptibility to erosion, seismic intensity and flooding; For this, a descriptive analysis of the relationship between risk and sociodemographic variables was carried out, and finally a representation of the perception of these risks was made. Most people identify the seismic intensity risk as the most relevant, this risk is associated with the March 2023 earthquake which left fatalities in the Machala canton; It is important to expand risk management in terms of improving training and improving the management response of institutions.