Flood risk management contributions in localized areas. Case study: Tunja, Colombia

Abstract

In an increasingly urbanized world, local governments have greater responsibility to implement practical measures against climate change. Measures that help prevent, mitigate, and efficiently overcome events such as floods, focusing on sustainable urban development. The present project is developed for the city of Tunja, Colombia. In this, sectors with high flood threat are evaluated, according to the main bodies of water that cross the urban area, Jordán River and La Vega River. The research purpose is to provide strategies that promote the correct flood risk management in the municipality. There are three priority topics, (1) importance of urban planning and management, (2) study of vulnerability from the social perception of the exposed inhabitants, and, finally, (3) a proposal of strategic alternatives according to the analyzed risk. It is aimed at the timely prevention promotion and affectations reduction, a product of precipitation events due to climatic variability.