Integración del riesgo por inundación en la formulación de planes de desarrollo y ordenamiento territorial cantonales. Una metodología para Babahoyo

Abstract

In Ecuador, within the Land planning processes, risk management has already begun to be considered as an element that must be studied when developing land planning instruments; however, this has been limited to a process of theoretical documentation and unstructured historical information of urban development. That is why the objective of this thesis is to develop a methodological proposal that integrates flood risk management in the Land Planning of Babahoyo city. In this context, the thesis is developed with a non-experimental research approach of a longitudinal type, which allows the information collected on the case study and its land planning to be processed in an appropriate way according to the needs that were presented in its analysis and discussion, starting from the construction of a critical theoretical framework and case analysis, in order to propose a viable proposal for the area of study. A methodological plurality is proposed with a participatory approach that considers in an integral way the factors presented by the territory, as well as the actions and proposals that respond to the biophysical conditions and social aspirations of the sector. This methodology can be considered a technical contribution to the management of flood risk planning with the capacity to replicate in the various Cantones land planning processes in the country.