EGEI-DUPS

Based on the EGEI-DUPS project, analyses of natural hazards and vulnerability to climate change and the inventory of greenhouse gases in the Colombian municipalities of Popayán and the Sincelejo – Corozal functional area have been carried out and developed.

These studies are contemplated as part of the diagnosis of the methodology of the Sustainable and Competitive Cities program, which includes the analysis of the historical and current urban footprint and future scenarios. This study provides a better understanding of the city’s risk from a natural disaster in the context of climate change and facilitates proper planning.

EGEI-DUPS has relied on the following process for its execution:

1. Participatory selection of threats (hazards) affecting the areas under study;
2. Stakeholder analysis and identification of the main public and private actors at the local, departmental and national levels involved in the preparation of the study and implementation of the results;
3. Analysis of the causes of vulnerability;
4. Analysis of current and future hazards and their probability and susceptibility;
5. Calculation of the exposure value of critical infrastructure and residential and commercial areas that may be affected;
6. Description and identification of vulnerability functions;
7. Risk estimation from hazard information, exposure values and vulnerability functions;
8. Preparation of risk, susceptibility and impact maps;
9. Prioritization of vulnerability issues;
10. Identification and prioritization of solutions.