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Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana
http://dx.doi.org/10.18268/BSGM2006v58n2a10 |
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NOTA TÉCNICA
Consecuencias sociales de un desastre inducido, subsidencia
Ramiro Rodríguez-Castillo*, Isaías Rodríguez-Velázquez
Instituto de Geofísica, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México,México. Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán, 04510, México, D.F.
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Abstract
The intense extraction regimes of aquifer systems can induce subsidence. Such differential movements cause fractures and faults in terrains affecting urban and private infrastructure. However, in Mexico there are no official paliative programs because subsidence is not considered a disaster. In this paper, subsidence and its environmental, social and economics consequences are analyzed and some mitigation actions for damage due to subsidence in urban areas are proposed.
Keywords: subsidence, aquifer overexploitation, Irapuato, Guanajuato.
