Factores determinantes para la zonificación y clasificación del riesgo geológico en los planes de ordenamiento territorial a nivel cantonal

Abstract

Geological risks are unique to the earth's surface and are associated with geological conditions, natural phenomena and human actions, which have a latent danger that can be considered a threat to the social and economic development of a given territory.

This thesis analyzed the geological risk is based on a prior assessment of threats and vulnerabilities respectively, understood the threat and the probability that a natural event and vulnerability manifests as difficulty of people to anticipate and address these kinds of phenomena physical or man capable of causing damage mainly social and economic.

Thus, to analyze methodologies for planners of autonomous governments to Cantonal level can perform this type of analysis of risks using available geological and geographical information systems.

The methodological application was made in the canton Chordeleg, Azuay province, in order to see the steps in the different methods analyzed and get a map of risks that allow decisions about the actions to be taken in areas with high risk and a half.

Therefore, this thesis project in the diagnosis, planning and territorial management of risks related to geological phenomena in landslides Territorial Planning at the cantonal level.