Abstract

MONTOYA GOMEZ, Guillermo et al. Vulnerability and Risk from Flooding in San Cristobal de Las Casas, Chiapas. Estud. demogr. urbanos [online]. 2008, vol.23, n.1, pp.83-122. ISSN 2448-6515.  https://doi.org/10.24201/edu.v23i1.1304.

Some productive schemes and certain urbanization processes tend to configure structures with high negative externalities that undermine environmental equilibria and encourage climate changes throughout the world by triggering perverse cycles that affect the population living in vulnerable areas posing a variety of risks and threats that translate into social and economic alterations. This text presents the results observed in San Cristobal de las Casas after research was conducted in the neighborhoods located on the riverbanks using a digital elevation model and applying surveys. The study determined housing characteristics, inhabitants’ income levels and the degrees of vulnerability and risk to which they are exposed.

Keywords : vulnerable population; risk of flooding; urban areas liable to flooding; digital elevation model; global warming.