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Investigaciones geográficas
versión On-line ISSN 2448-7279versión impresa ISSN 0188-4611
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TOSCANA APARICIO, Alejandra; CAMPOS VARGAS, María Milagros y MONROY GAYTAN, José Francisco. Floods, civil protection and inhabitants of San Mateo Atenco, State of Mexico. Invest. Geog [online]. 2010, n.72, pp.68-81. ISSN 2448-7279.
According to the national civil protection and the State of Mexico's civil protection systems, the municipality order is the frst instance on attending the emergency situations; in order to do it, each municipality must have a civil protection system. In this essay it is exposed the case of the municipality San Mateo Atenco, constantly affected by foods that are produced by the physical characteristics of the zone, the anthropic transformations to the natural environment and the government decisions and omissions. It is analyzed the discrepancies between municipality authorities and the population affected by foods; in order to do it, a food map based on testimonies was made, a vulnerability map, and a survey of the opinion of the San Mateo Atenco's population about the civil protection municipality authorities' performance.
Palabras llave : Civil protection; foods; vulnerability; disaster; San Mateo Atenco.