Abstract

HERNANDEZ PENA, Yolanda Teresa  and  VARGAS CUERVO, Germán. ANALYSIS OF LOCAL RESPONSES TO NATURAL THREATENING PHENOMENA AND DYNAMICS OF CONSTRUCTION RISK SCENARIOS IN COLOMBIA. rev.udcaactual.divulg.cient. [online]. 2014, vol.17, n.2, pp.529-539. ISSN 0123-4226.

Colombia by its geographical, geological, geomorphological, hydrological context is highly susceptible to the occurrence of natural phenomena such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, floods and landslides among others country. In scenarios of risk, threatening natural phenomena provide a high vulnerability exposed elements. This article aims to contribute to the management of risk from an analysis and evaluation of local responses to threatening natural phenomena as a frame of analysis and imagined perceptions of the population exposed to imminent risk. The research was conducted as a frame phenomenology and ethnography, to do field observations, interviews, focus groups and workshops with social perception mapping applied to the areas of influence of Galeras Vulcano, Huila Vulcano, floods in the Canal del Dique and Tinjacá, probable earthquake in Bogota, landslides in Ciudad Bolívar and Rafael Uribe in Bogota. The results show different perceptions and images about the phenomena studied are not always considered as a threat; the importance of historical memory in the territories as an important strategic element for disaster prevention; also disagreements of people living in hazardous areas regarding risk management made by the responsible authorities are evident.

Keywords : Imaginary; perceptions; hazard; local knowledge.

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