Risks and urban morphology: cities in plains and hillsides

Abstract

Today we can advance define the concept urban risk as exposure to damage in lives and livelihoods by the high density of population and infrastructure of socially constructed spaces, whose triggers can be natural or man-made threats, where human actions are those that magnify the severity of the damage to society, being the land use patterns of risk factor which determines the loss of the goods of life of the population.

Periodically the cities of Honduras face disaster situation that motivates the systematic study of urban risks, themed Risks and Urban Morphology: cities in plains and slope, interested further explore the type of location of the city in relation to hydrometeorological as a contribution to the criteria of sustainable urban planning.

Revista Ciencias Espaciales, Volumen 8, Número 2 Otoño, 2015; 115-133