Community Risk Management Plans for Barranquilla Neighborhoods

Planes Comunitarios de Gestión del Riesgo (PCGRD) documents outline community-level disaster risk management actions for neighborhoods in Barranquilla, Colombia. The dataset includes columns for risk phenomena, evacuation routes, meeting points, and risk reduction actions. It is published by the District Risk Management Office of Barranquilla via the Colombian open data portal.

Use Cases

• Mapping community risk exposure by analyzing the BARRIO, LOCALIDAD, FENOMENO NATURAL, and FENOMENO TECNOLÓGICO columns.
• Planning evacuation logistics by identifying PUNTOS DE ENCUENTRO and RUTAS DE EVACUACIÓN for specific neighborhoods.
• Analyzing participatory planning processes using the NRO DE PERSONAS EN LA CONSTRUCCIÓN DEL DOCUMENTO and FECHA DE ELABORACIÓN columns.
• Categorizing risk reduction strategies by examining the ACCIONES PARA LA REDUCCION DEL RIESGO and TITULO DEL DOCUMENTO fields.

Strengths

• Includes 13 specific columns detailing risk phenomena, community actions, and spatial logistics.
• Covers multiple risk categories including natural, technological, biosanitary, and social phenomena.
• Data is structured for direct integration with GIS or planning tools via CSV, JSON, XML, and RDF formats.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale analysis.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Oficina de Gestión del Riesgo del Distrito de Barranquilla, published on www.datos.gov.co.

Collection Method

Likely compiled through community engagement and planning processes as mandated by Law 1523 of 2012.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 16:57:44; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Barranquilla, Colombia, likely at the neighborhood (BARRIO) and locality (LOCALIDAD) level.