Estudio de percepción sobre indicadores de riesgos naturales en zonas urbanas del cantón Ibarra provincia de Imbabura

Abstract

Abstract: In the present work, a survey of information was carried out on the Perception and public opinion of natural risks, taking as a study point the five urban parishes of the Ibarra canton located in the province of Imbabura, which through the study of the cantonal POT, the analysis of population data and press data, the presence of the main natural risks such as landslides, forest fires, floods and earthquakes were detected. The particularity of this study was to identify the level of knowledge and feeling of the population regarding a natural risk that allows improving risk management in the city. The information was obtained through multiple choice surveys applied to people over 18 years of age randomly. Thus allowing us to cartographically represent the perception of these risks and their factors, obtaining as results the perception of the city in the face of the aforementioned environmental risks, earthquakes being the environmental risk that causes the most concern and fear in citizens whose sociodemographic variables are linked to education. , income level and age versus recovery and response to a natural event like this. Risk management and the management of authorities was rated by respondents through the level of trust, suggesting some strategies that could improve risk management in the territory and contribute to the preparation of future development and territorial planning plans.