InterSedes, N°43. Vol XXI (2020). ISSN 2215-2458
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En la microcuenca baja presenta una cantidad considerable de eventos en el sector de San
Antonio de Belén, sector que se caracteriza por presentar mayores áreas en la categoría de alta
amenaza por inundación.
Palabras Claves: Cartografía; Socieconómico; vivienda; río Burío; quebrada seca; microcuenca.
Abstract
The main objective of the research is to map the socioeconomic and housing profile in the Burío-
Quebrada Seca micro-basin in order to favor the implementation of restoration, conservation,
mitigation actions in the fluvial system and territorial ordering in the study area. The
methodology was composed of three main stages: description of data, preparation of data in the
database manager, and publication of data with the community.
The studied micro-basin, is mostly occupied by the Belén canton, where important avenues have
been reported during the last three decades (1981, 2004, 2007, 2008) that have significantly
affected the resident population, mainly with damage to dwellings and bridges. In parallel, since
2005, the Constitutional Chamber issued the vote No. 4050, in which it ordered the formation of
an Inter-Institutional Commission. In terms of population density, the micro-basin for 2011 had
an average of 4160 inhabitants per km². There is a predominance of urban residences in the micro
watershed, 97.5% of the dwellings are in this area. Almost 87% of the homes in the study area
correspond to independent houses.
According to the 2011 census, for the study area, approximately 190 households do not have
sanitary sewage or septic tank, distributed in 82 UGM. That is, the black and residual waters are
disposed directly to rivers, ravines, trenches or hollows.
In the low micro-basin it presents a considerable amount of events in the sector San Antonio of
Belén, sector that is characterized to present greater areas in the category of high threat by flood.
Keywords: Cartography; Socioeconomic; housing; río Burío; quebrada seca; micro-basin.
Agradecimientos:
Los investigadores desean manifestar su reconocimiento a las Vicerrectorías de Investigación y
Acción Social y a la Escuela de Geografía de la Universidad de Costa Rica, por su apoyo en la
inscripción y desarrollo del proyecto denominado "Cartografía del perfil socieconómico y de
vivienda en la microcuenca del río Burío quebrada Seca "inscrito con los códigos 217-B6-099 y
ED-3236. También queremos agradecer a la Municipalidad de Heredia por su apoyo financiero y
a las Asociaciones de Desarrollo por el tiempo brindado.
Introducción
El área de la microcuenca comprende un territorio cercano a los 22 km² y es drenada por el río
Burío, la quebrada Seca y la quebrada Aries que recorren aproximadamente 19 km desde la
naciente cercana a Getsamaní hasta la bifurcación con el río Bermúdez. En este espacio
geográfico se ha modificado el uso de la tierra y la dinámica del sistema fluvial, provocando altos