Análisis de información pluviométrica disponible como insumo para la formulación de políticas, instrumentos y estrategias para la gestión del riesgo en el territorio, caso de estudio: Bello, Antioquia.

Abstract

The objective of this document is to analyze available rainfall information that can be used as an input for the formulation of policies, instruments and strategies for risk management in the territory. Its main purpose is to expose the importance and need for local governments to acquire professionals with knowledge and analytical skills on the available information that facilitate decision-making on the territory at a low cost and with great benefits, thus, The development of this project shows how, based on the analysis of rainfall information available by IDEAM and other geographic information servers, it is possible to make decisions about the territory, through the appropriate formulation of policies, instruments and strategies articulated with management concepts. of risk, planning and ordering of the territory. To contextualize this problem on the Colombian territory, the municipality of Bello in the department of Antioquia is used as a case study, taking into account that in recent years it has been one of the territories most affected by heavy rains; This municipality has developed and presented an exponential growth lacking planning in the territory, which has led to emergency events occurring in periods of heavy rainfall causing human, economic and livelihood losses to the population and that despite the measures preventive measures taken by the latest local government administrations to address this problem, it has been shown that difficulties still persist in the territory. Throughout the document, the analysis of the pluviometric information available for the municipality of Bello is reflected, in which data such as unintentional natural events occurred and related to rainy weather, analysis of the annual cycle, analysis of human losses, injuries, disappeared, people and families affected, damages and affectations in infrastructure, deforestation processes, threats due to landslides, climate change scenarios, return periods and municipal risk indices; that will serve as a tool for the analysis of this problem on the territory.