Generación de mapas temáticos de zonas de riesgo en ciudades intermedias de la Sierra del Ecuador a través de herramientas de geo procesamiento como elemento innovador para la ordenación urbanística

Abstract

In recent years the analysis of the risk areas within the urban planning plans in the cities located in the Sierra here in Ecuador have been taken into account, setting new foundations, however, there is still much to be done. With this approach has been forced to implement a methodology to generate maps of risky areas in the intermediate cities in the Sierra through geoprocessing in order to give new tools that allow the Autonomous Decentralized Municipal Governments to make decisions based on the verified and reliable information. For the creation of this new methodology, an investigation has been carried out focused on the management of information regarding risks in the country, also an approach and analysis have been made, including other methodologies already applied in the territory and city. Moreover, the information consulted had been consulted with experts from different disciplines of the region in relation to risks to obtain a complete view of different points of view and get the best possible results. The methodology proposed above has been applied in Cuenca, through several thematic maps that allow understanding the risk areas in the city, which in no way can replace the work done by the technicians with knowledge of the subject, but it seeks a first approach to the structure of the territory and the susceptibility of risks to which it is exposed to carry out detailed studies and take into account when planning the city.