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Discurso <strong>de</strong> incorporación <strong>de</strong>l Ing. Carlos GenatiosResumen <strong>de</strong>l trabajoVargas: <strong>de</strong>sastre, proyecto y realidad64Carlos GenatiosFebrero 2012En este artículo se presenta un resumen <strong>de</strong>l trabajo presentado por e<strong>la</strong>utor, para ingresar a <strong>la</strong> <strong>Aca<strong>de</strong>mia</strong> <strong>Nacional</strong> <strong>de</strong> <strong>la</strong> Ingeniería y <strong>el</strong>Hábitat, en febrero <strong>de</strong> 2011. Este resumen incluye <strong>la</strong> <strong>de</strong>scripción <strong>de</strong> <strong>la</strong>problemática asociada a <strong>la</strong> catástrofe ocurrida en <strong>el</strong> estado Vargas, endiciembre <strong>de</strong> 1999. Se comentan: <strong>el</strong> fenómeno ocurrido, <strong>la</strong>scondiciones previas, <strong>la</strong>s consecuencias <strong>de</strong>l <strong>de</strong>s<strong>la</strong>ve, los esfuerzosinstitucionales <strong>de</strong> p<strong>la</strong>nificación, y <strong>la</strong> posterior ejecución. Se comentanerrores en <strong>la</strong> construcción, y características actuales <strong>de</strong> <strong>la</strong> situaciónurbana y <strong>de</strong> <strong>la</strong>s obras <strong>de</strong> protección ambiental.Summary:Vargas: disaster, project and realityExceptional rainfalls took p<strong>la</strong>ce in Vargas state, Venezue<strong>la</strong> during an18 days period, generating <strong>de</strong>bris flows on December the 15th and16th, 1999. By the morning of the 16th, hyperconcentrated flows hadoccurred in several basins, and <strong>de</strong>posited around 20 million cubicmeters of sediment on the alluvial fans. The frequency of occurrence ofthe three days event (910mm rainfall) has been estimated inapproximat<strong>el</strong>y 500 years. The main consequences were: 70% of Vargasstate popu<strong>la</strong>tion was affected (240.000 persons), 8.000 dw<strong>el</strong>lings were<strong>de</strong>stroyed, 5 hospitals were sever<strong>el</strong>y affected, water supply and sewer

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