Application of Geographic Information Systems to the Study of Risk and Prevention of Forest Fires in Natural Protected Areas of Cuzco.
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July 18-22, 2022
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"Education, Research and Leadership in Post-pandemic Engineering: Resilient, Inclusive and Sustainable Actions"
Location of Conference
Boca Raton
Authors
Polo Tomosada, Edytomas Shigeo
Luján Rojas, Jessica Marleny
Llaque Fernandez, Grant
Abstract
In Peru, an ally to counteract forest fires is the identification of vulnerable points in the event of a possible disaster. The objective of this investigation was to diagnose by means of geographic information systems, the study of the risk and prevention of forest fires in protected natural areas of Cuzco. The analysis scope consisted of 6 protected natural areas, of which heat maps were obtained using the free software program Qgis in version 3.16.8, with specific radii according to their land area. The results express the identification of vulnerable points to a possible forest fire, locating them geographically within the defined radius, identifying them with the color range according to the risk matrix of the Manual for Risk Assessment of National Center for Disaster Risk Estimation, Prevention and Reduction (CENEPRED), being these with the highest concentration of heat and risk. before a possible forest fire.