Participation and accountability: approach to risk management in land use planning

Abstract

The first regulation on the management of disasters in Colombia dates back to 1948, year in which the creation of the National Help in the case of Public Calamity was promulgated. In 2012, the National Government and the Congress of the Republic took care of viable public policy risk management of disasters, under pressure, among others, by the effects of the earthquake in the coffee axis (1999), the loss of human lives and goods in the rainy season (2010-2011), where the assets were valued at about 6,000 million dollars. The article provides inputs for the decision-makers of public, private and community entities at the national, regional, departmental and local level about how to conceptualize and analyze methodologically two key elements of the applied governance to the risk management of disasters from the made in the municipality of Jamundi case study: The participation and accountability. Various positions on the concept of governance were examined, which allowed to provide renewed readings for their application in the context of territorial planning. The selected method was the multiple correspondence analysis, which conforms to qualitative research. A relevant conclusion relates to the deficiencies detected in creating necessary capabilities for communities to assume a greater hierarchy within the management of risk in land use planning. This implies, for territorial entities, a focused differential approach to reconcile compromises among social actors, in the exercise of the rights to democratic participation.