Environmental risks, Demographic dynamic and Life Quality. Argentina at the beginning of the 21th century

VELÁZQUEZ, G

Bonn

Congreso; Environment, Forced Migration & Social Vulnerability International Conference.; 2008

United Nations University

ABSTRACT: In this work we will study the relationship among environmental risks (floods,earthquakes, tornadoes and soil degradation), demographic dynamics (inter-census growthand migratory balances) and the life level quality of Argentinian people. We’ll use a GIS inwhich we have done the digitization of the respective layers of environmental risks. Then,we will examine the information on demographic dynamics for, at last, present a syntheticindex of the population´s life quality, which was elaborated starting from a combination ofweighted indicators of environmental and socioeconomic dimensions (education, health andhousing). In the following step, we will be able to determinate the demographic behaviourand the grade of well-being of Argentina’s people different segments for each one of theenvironmental risks, starting from an operation of overlapping of layers. All previous stepswill let us size and compare the life level quality and the demographic dynamics accordingto the grade of affectation of each one of the considered physical-environmental events.This will also let us establish the scenery for the projection of these phenomena into theprocess of global environmental change.Key Words: LIFE QUALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS; FLOODS; EARTHQUAKES; SOIL DEGRADATION; ARGENTINA.