Preventive Resettlement of Populations at Risk of Disaster - GFDRR

SDPAE includes 25 institutions in the following sectors:
government, finance, planning and economic development,
industry and tourism, security and peaceful
coexistence, education and health, social integration,
culture, recreation and sports, environment, transportation
and housing. Each performs a specific task according
to their funcions.
DPAE is a particularly important institution as it establishes
risk management policy, prepares technical studies,
and coordinates disaster prevention, mitigation,
and relief activities. Others are the Bogotá Water and
Sewerage Company (Empresa de Acueducto y Alcantarillado
de Bogotá - EAAB), which is responsible for
flood control, and the Low-income Population Housing
Agency (Caja de Vivienda Popular - CVP), which is in
charge of resettling families living in high-risk areas. For
emergency relief, public utility and transportation entities
play a very important part, as do the police, army,
firefighters, and civil defense units.
3.1 Risk Management Studies
and Instruments
Since the 1990s, Bogotá, through the DPAE and national
entities such as INGEOMINAS, has conducted
various studies to identify hazards and assess risks. As
a result, it has maps of hazards related to floods, landslides
and forest fires, as well as a seismic micro-zoning
map. Also, geo-technical and hydrometeorological
systems monitor the evolution of hazards. Data from
these studies were used to formulate the regional and
district-level land-use plan (plan de ordenamiento territorial,
POT) and the District Emergency Prevention
and Relief Plan.
SDPAE has designed 12 instruments for disaster prevention
and emergency relief responses. These instruments
establish a logical thread from the formulation
of policies to their implementation through specific actions
and inter-agency coordination (see Table 5.2).
Table 5.2 Disaster Risk Management Instruments
The institutional framework for risk management in Bogotá:
DPAE and SDPAE
The land-use plan (POT) and instruments derived from it (the
master plan and zonal planning units) (UPZ)
The Risk Management and Emergency Relief Information System
(Sistema de Información para la Gestión de Riesgos y Atención
de Emergencias, SIRE)
The District Disaster Prevention and Emergency Relief Plan, which
offers integrated risk management methodology for regional and
sectoral scenarios
Inter-agency networks to prevent and control illegal
developments
Risk assessment methodology; technical studies and concepts
Resettlement of families in high-risk areas
Slum upgrading programs
Housing improvements
District emergency response protocols
Social response to emergencies due to disasters
Design and implementation of policies, strategies, plans and
projects in coordination with district-level entities, to incorporate
emergency prevention and relief into the culture of the capital
district
3.2 Information Systems
Given the pivotal role of information in managing disaster
risks, SDPAE has developed the following systems:
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The Information System for Risk Management
and Emergency Relief (SIRE);
The Resettlement Information System of the CVP.
This system contains information on properties
and houses at risk, public services, types of legal
tenure, real estate appraisals, the “sole recognized
value” (Valor Único de Reconocimiento, VUR), 4
socio-economic information on households and
on replacement houses;
The Illegal Urbanization Information and Monitoring
System (Sistema de Información y Monitoreo
de Urbanizaciones Ilegales), which monitors
and controls new settlements in at-risk areas and
of those reclaimed by resettlement programs.
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The Sole Recognized Value is the amount assessed by the District to compensate a household located on high-risk land. It is based on two
factors: the amount of the special commercial valuation plus the vulnerability factor. That value is applied to houses with a special commercial
appraised value of less than 50 minimum legal wages.
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