Desarrollo de un visor geográfico web para el análisis de los índices de pobreza monetaria en Colombia

Abstract

Among the many social problems, there is one that is generally known as the root of multiple difficulties, poverty; It is difficult to find a universally accepted definition, however, Author Peter Townsend and 79 other leading academics on the subject mention the following: “Poverty is first and foremost a concept that depends on income or resources. It is much more than having a relatively low income. If more income-independent criteria could be developed and agreed upon, then estimates of the severity and dimensions of the poverty phenomenon could be well founded” (Townsend et al., 1997). This lack of income leads to a variety of problems in our society, which can exacerbate behaviors of discontent, which raises insecurity, violence and crime rates, as an example of this, just look at the riots in countries like Colombia, when reforms are proposed that directly affect the price of food, as happened in 2021 and that generated many demonstrations, due to the negative impact that it would generate on the economy of many families, who were already affected by the pandemic that was taking place at this time (International Crisis Group, 2021). Due to the relevance of this problem, methodologies have been implemented to quantify and calculate (approximately) the impact of this problem on society. In the case of Colombia, DANE uses the parameters of monetary and multidimensional poverty (DANE, 2020 ), in which it allows to compare the information of the same year after year for the country, and which is fundamental for the realization and updating of a geovisor that allows to see how this index is distributed in the main capitals of the territory.