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Desastres naturales en Colombia: un análisis regional

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  • Jhorland Ayala-García
  • Keisy Ospino-Ramos

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El cambio climático está ocasionando cada vez más eventos extremos con consecuencias negativas para la población. Este documento presenta un análisis descriptivo de los desastres naturales en Colombia, haciendo énfasis en las diferencias regionales tanto en la frecuencia de ocurrencia de desastres como en los costos directos de los mismos. Con datos de la Unidad Nacional de Gestión del Riesgo de Desastres, se evidencia una tendencia creciente en la frecuencia y las afectaciones de los desastres naturales en el país, con una mayor influencia en departamentos de la región Andina, donde Antioquia se caracteriza por ser el ente territorial con el mayor número de pérdidas humanas, heridos y desaparecidos desde 1998. Se evidencia una baja participación del gasto en prevención de desastres sobre el gasto público en inversión de municipios y departamentos, y no se observa una mayor inversión en gestión del riesgo de desastres en los departamentos más afectados, lo cual puede contribuir a que a futuro se presenten mayores afectaciones por desastres naturales en el país. **** ABSTRACT: Climate change is causing more and more extreme events with negative consequences for the population. This document presents a descriptive analysis of natural disasters in Colombia, emphasizing regional differences both in the frequency of occurrence of disasters and in their direct costs. With data from the Unidad Nacional de Gestión del Riesgo de Desastres, an increasing trend is evident both in the frequency and in the effects of natural disasters in the country, with a greater influence in departments of the Andean region, where Antioquia is characterized by to be the territorial entity with the highest number of deaths, injuries, and disappearances since 1998. There is evidence of a low participation of spending on disaster prevention over public spending on investment, which may contribute to greater affectations due to natural disasters in the future in the country.

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  • Jhorland Ayala-García & Keisy Ospino-Ramos, 2023. "Desastres naturales en Colombia: un análisis regional," Documentos de trabajo sobre Economía Regional y Urbana 317, Banco de la Republica de Colombia.
  • Handle: RePEc:bdr:region:317
    DOI: 10.32468/dtseru.317
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    Keywords

    desastres naturales; diferencias regionales; Antioquia; atención y prevención de desastres; natural disasters; regional differences; Antioquia; preemptive investments and post-disaster expending;
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    JEL classification:

    • Q50 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - General
    • Q54 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Climate; Natural Disasters and their Management; Global Warming
    • R10 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - General
    • R11 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes

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