Social perception study in the experiences postdisaster, to determine the community resilience and affectation level in La Chorrera, Panama Oeste

Abstract

The assessment of the attitude of a population at risk and thus the knowledge of a basic factor in assessing their overall vulnerability, and the search for the essential foundation to provide it with new defense capabilities requires extensive work field of interdisciplinary nature and in particular the application of qualitative methodologies aimed at assessing community experiences surveys and interviews. It therefore seems necessary to obtain more comprehensive information, including knowledge of the general problems of the group and the relative role within these assigned to the existence of risk; the assessment made, by the potentially affected, actions emanating from the different levels of government, accompanied by the description and assessment of their own individual, family or household unit action; also, finally, to know the state of mind about actions that are considered relevant and evaluation of proposals outsiders, if any. This paper proposes Social Perception study on Flood Risk Management in an area of the district of La Chorrera, Panama, Panama Oeste, which will propose an action plan to increase and strengthen community resilience in this sector, and the same can be implemented in other areas of the Republic of Panama.