Rainfall and citizen science
Loading...
Authors
Practical Action América Latina
Issue Date
2020
Type
Language
en
Keywords
Climate Change , Disasters
Alternative Title
Abstract
There are few historical records of floods & landslides in the Rímac river watershed in terms of hydrometeorological variables with enough spatial and temporal accuracy.
Is is a strong limitation to understand the relationship between precipitation and the activation of a ravine. It also limits how people in vulnerable situations can benefit from initiatives related to Early Warning Systems (SAT) at any of its levels: alarm, alert or forecast.
On the other hand, people exposed to these risks have wide local knowledge about past events and great willingness to actively participate in disaster risk management.