Community risk maps, conceptualization and methodological approach. Some considerations

Abstract

Community risk maps are a fundamental part of corrective risk management. In itself, they must contain elements of threats from different sources, human and material elements exposed to them, which contain the condition of vulnerability, which can be mapped. Therefore, the purpose of this research is to describe the process of building the Community risk map. Methodologically it is a bibliographic research with content analysis. To develop it, an intentional sampling was carried out, retrieving a total of 34 documents. The analysis of the documents made it possible to discern four units of analysis, these being a) Community risk maps, b) usefulness of these, c) procedure for their construction, d) elements contained within them. The analysis of the documents allowed us to recognize that the usefulness of the community risk map depends on the objective that is aspired to achieve with its construction, however, the community reflection in the process is important, since it is a non-formal education strategy, which leads to a decrease in vulnerability, which translates in an inversely proportional way in the increase of resilience.