Análisis de la estrategia de respuesta a emergencias y desastres en el territorio Colombiano

Abstract

In the course of the history of the world, disasters have been a fundamental factor for its changes; natural and human induced phenomenons on earth produce social and economical deterioration which includes human losses. Said inducements have created a mark on several chapters on life all around the world, likewise there has been the urge to take strong decisions to face toxic lifestyles and take part on task that would avoid going along the way of said lifestyles. Colombia has also dealt with a fair number of damaging disasters which have caused an alarming quantity of deaths and collapsed the aids system of the country, said disasters as the vulcan eruption of Nevado del Ruiz on the Wednesday the 13th of November in 1985 that lead to the death of approximately 23.000 citizens, out of their 29.000 inhabitants of the south zone, reason why the execution of evacuation plans and the creation of Dirección de Prevencion y Atención de Desastres, plays a very important role when preventing further damages in a situation where a vulcan erupts. Years later, Dirección de Prevencion y Atención de Desastres, changed its name to Unidad Nacional de Gestion del Riesgo de Desastre, an entity that takes action with creating laws, delegating budgets to identify risks, mitigating and attending disasters. This work seeks to expose and explain the changes that affect in a particular way several base territories regarding economy and the humans well being and also to deepen on the theoretical aspect of said laws, with the aim of making aware of these phenomenons from a integral point of view to damage done to the ecosystem. All of this backed up by the requirements established on law 1523 of 2012 where the national politics of risk management and the Sistema Nacional de Gestión del Riesgo de Desastres mandate other dispositions