A geographical focus on the global vulnerability of a hillside urban habitat exposed to natural threats. The Andean case of Manizales, Colombia.

Abstract

This study establishes a comprehensive method for analyzing a hillside urban habitat. It does so through qualitative and quantitative analyses that determine at a communal level their influence over vulnerability, physical, natural and socio-economic factors. All of these factors are integrated within a global vulnerability map. The main objective is to determine which sectors are more vulnerable and which are more of a priority. It highlights the increasing levels of global vulnerability of those places in which the socioeconomic factors supersede physical and natural ones.