La gestión de riesgos en los cursos de agua a nivel cantonal, en el marco de la ordenación territorial, caso de estudio: cuenca del río Tarqui

Abstract

All territory is within a water basin, and the most concurrent threats in our environment are by the action of water, either provoking mass movements or floods and on the basis of the Constitution of the Republic and the organic laws in reference to the Territorial Planning, the present work is focused on the proposal of an instrument for the Risk Management in the causes of water at the cantonal level, in the framework of the Territorial Organization, from the case of study: basin the Tarqui River. In the first place, territory, risks, threats and vulnerability are related and conceptualized, within human settlements, to then approach conceptualizations about Risk Management and models for Risk Management to establish the interrelation between the different concepts. Then an analysis of the actions and measures to be carried out with respect to the management and risk management at the cantonal level established in the norms and laws in force in the country is carried out, in order to have a legal framework in which the management proposal of the the Risks, which allows us to introduce new processes in the performance of territorial planning. The proposal for Risk Management of water courses at the cantonal level is then made in the Territorial Management Framework, observing technical, scientific, economic and social factors that are acting in the territory and are the result of the risks caused. for water in water basins.