Propuesta Metodologica Para Evaluacion del Nivel de Vulnerabilidad al Cambio Climático en Entornos Urbanos. Comuna 13, Bucaramanga, Santander

Published in: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure for Sustainable Cities and Communities: Proceedings of the 17th LACCEI International Multi-Conference for Engineering, Education and Technology
Date of Conference: July 24-26, 2019
Location of Conference: Montego Bay, Jamaica
Authors: Carlos Alberto Amaya Corredor (Unidades Tecnológicas de Santander, CO)
Nancy Rocio Tavera Castillo (Unidades Tecnológicas de Santander, CO)
Miguel Antonio Avila Angulo (Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas, CO)
Jazmin Alvarado Puentes (Unidades Tecnológicas de Santander, CO)
Princesa Catalina Vesga Alvarado (Unidades Tecnológicas de Santander, CO)
(Unidades Tecnológicas de Santander)
Full Paper: #235

Abstract:

Urban environments become the main scenarios of human life, where the greatest environmental transformations are presented to meet the needs and interests of the inhabitants. Their housing habits, transport methods, spaces of coexistence and consolidation of environmentally balanced environments are a permanent global need. Climate change has a high level of impact on the quality of urban life, therefore it is a global condition that must be managed, mitigated and adapted, so that living environments are consolidated sustainably. The research, in a first phase, analyzed information from two moments, one, theory and experiences of how climate change affects urban environments; two, how these climate change variables affect a specific urban scenario. In the second phase, the study defined Commune 13, Eastern Commune, in the city of Bucaramanga, where the information of phase one was verified, analyzing the level of threat, risk and vulnerability of this environment to climate change. In phase three, determined the levels of Vulnerability, intervention mechanisms are proposed in the commune, from the social, physical and environmental, to influence the urban environment, under conditions of mitigation and adaptation, that improve the conditions of the commune before climate change and potentialize the living conditions of its inhabitants and, by extension, the entire city.