El turismo, la planificación urbana y la gestión de riesgo de desastre en el estado de Quintana Roo

This work addresses urban planning and disaster risk management in international tourist cities in the state of Quintana Roo. Considering, that disasters occur due to hydrometeorological phenomena, which should be a state concern and occupy the agenda of the federal government and municipalities. In Quintana Roo there seems to be a dissociation between urban planning and disaster risk management. This paper aims to demonstrate the need to encourage the government—at the state and local level—to invest in a cross-cutting regulatory framework to regulate the growth of urban and tourist centers, to avoid building risk. In addition, it shows that there are budgets that could be allocated to prevention, instead of care and reconstruction. Methodologically, the work is qualitative, deductive and transversal. A bibliographical search was carried out on the dissociation between territorial planning and risk management. To demonstrate the need to advance in disaster risk reduction, regulatory frameworks, and bibliographical and newspaper sources were used. Finally, the existence of areas of opportunity in risk reduction and the need for mainstreaming urban planning, tourism and disaster risk management are argued; the importance of encouraging citizen participation and acting on prevention and mitigation is also highlighted.