Cartografía de susceptibilidad a movimientos en masa con la aplicación del método heurístico, caso de estudio del barrio santa rosa de pomasqui : cartografía de susceptibilidad a movimientos en masa mediante el Método Heurístico integrado en un SIG.

Abstract

Mass movements are a threat that have generated great impacts on the population of the Santa Rosa de Pomasqui neighborhood. These events are linked to critical areas of high slopes such as streams and vertical slopes along the Monjas River. In order to support the community and the Municipality of Quito in the planning and organized growth of the urban area of the DMQ, in this Curricular Integration Work (TICS) we have developed an evaluation of the different levels of susceptibility to mass movements (MM) at a scale of 1:20000 in the Santa Rosa de Pomasqui neighborhood, with the generation of cartography using the Heuristic Method. This method analyzes different parameters such as: lithology, geomorphology, land use and slopes that will be weighted together with the MM inventory map to determine the susceptibility value that each pixel has to generate a MM. This project is made up of three chapters. The first chapter presents the main objectives, location, characteristics of the study area and the conceptual framework. The second chapter includes the methodological framework for the elaboration of four thematic maps that will be used for the construction of the susceptibility map using the Heuristic Method, which will then be calibrated with the MM inventory map. The third chapter presents the results of this study, conclusions and recommendations that will allow a better territorial planning using the results of the MM susceptibility mapping, in order to improve the living environment in the Santa Rosa de Pomasqui neighborhood.