Incendios forestales en el Distrito Metropolitano de Quito (DMQ): conocimiento e intervención pública del riesgo
Forest Fires in the Metropolitan District of Quito (DMQ): risk knowledge and public intervention
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Estacio, Jairo
Narváez, Nixon
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Quito : FLACSO Sede Ecuador. Programa de Estudios Socioambientales
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En cada época de verano, el Distrito Metropolitano de Quito (DMQ) es susceptible a la recurrencia de incendios forestales con diferentes consecuencias en términos de pérdida de áreas protegidas y de gran biodiversidad, afectación a espacios de propiedad pública y privada de diferentes usos y, en general, repercusiones al bienestar de la población. Las formas de gestión sobre este tipo de riesgos por parte de las autoridades municipales correspondientes es aún limitado, pues no existen herramientas de decisión que ayuden a la planificación preventiva y mejore la respuesta ante la presencia anual de eventos. Por tal motivo, la generación de un estudio sobre incendios forestales potenciales constituye un primer paso hacia su comprensión y reducción de riesgos. El presente artículo muestra el resultado de este estudio y los mecanismos y esfuerzos municipales que permitieron el logro de estas herramientas dentro del Marco del Programa de Reducción de Riesgos del Distrito Metropolitano de Quito. Los resultados obtenidos permitieron aplicar acciones de prevención en aquellos espacios sensibles y de gran valor ecosistémico, así como el mejoramiento de los planes de emergencia de incendios para de esta forma optimizar recursos y reforzar capacidades locales.
Every summer, the Metropolitan District of Quito (MDQ) is subject to the recurrence of forest fires with different consequences in terms of loss of protected areas of great biodiversity, affectation of public and private spaces of different use and impact on the population well- being. The management of municipal authorities of this type of risks is still limited, since there is no decisional tool that can improve the preventive planning and the response to the annual presence of these events. For this reason, the generation of a study on potential forest fires represents the first step towards the comprehension and the reduction of risks. The present article presents the result of this study, the mechanisms and the efforts of the municipal technicians that made possible the achievement of these tools in the frame of the Risk Reduction Program of the Metropolitan District of Quito. The obtained results allowed the implementation of prevention actions in areas with very valuable ecosystems services but fragile in the same time, as well as the improvement of the fire emergency plans in order to optimize resources and reinforce local capacities.
Every summer, the Metropolitan District of Quito (MDQ) is subject to the recurrence of forest fires with different consequences in terms of loss of protected areas of great biodiversity, affectation of public and private spaces of different use and impact on the population well- being. The management of municipal authorities of this type of risks is still limited, since there is no decisional tool that can improve the preventive planning and the response to the annual presence of these events. For this reason, the generation of a study on potential forest fires represents the first step towards the comprehension and the reduction of risks. The present article presents the result of this study, the mechanisms and the efforts of the municipal technicians that made possible the achievement of these tools in the frame of the Risk Reduction Program of the Metropolitan District of Quito. The obtained results allowed the implementation of prevention actions in areas with very valuable ecosystems services but fragile in the same time, as well as the improvement of the fire emergency plans in order to optimize resources and reinforce local capacities.
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RIESGOS URBANOS, GESTIÓN URBANA, INCENDIOS FORESTALES, VULNERABILIDAD, ÍNDICE DE COMBUSTIÓN, COEFICIENTE DE BIOMASA, ÍNDICE TOPOMORFOLÓGICO, URBAN RISK, URBAN MANAGEMENT, FOREST FIRES, VULNERABILITY, COMBUSTION INDEX, BIOMASS COEFFICIENTS, TOPO-MORPHOLOGICAL COEFFICIENTS, DISTRITO METROPOLITANO DE QUITO, ECUADOR
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p. 27-52
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Estacio, Jairo y Narváez, Nixon. Incendios forestales en el Distrito Metropolitano de Quito (DMQ) : conocimiento e intervención pública del riesgo (Dossier) = Forest Fires in the Metropolitan District of Quito (DMQ) : risk knowledge and public intervention. En: Letras Verdes. Riesgos de desastres : contextos urbanos en América Latina. Quito: FLACSO sede Ecuador. Programa de Estudios Socioambientales, (no. 11, marzo 2012): pp. 27-52. ISSN: 1390-6631.
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