Methodological Construction to Determine Socio-Territorial Vulnerability [Construcción Metodológica Para Determinar la Vulnerabilidad Socio-Territorial Frente a la Pobreza]

Together with the Foundation for Overcoming Poverty and with appreciation to the Research Project No. 091312YR DICYT at the University of Santiago, working on the concept of Social vulnerability closely related to urban areas and the problems they present. Once defined the concept of Territorial Social Vulnerability, territory is zoned in Macro- study areas -and by administrative and political divisions- in order to identify determining factors and variables that serve as input to generate the methodological proposal for diagnosis and identify the different levels of social vulnerability to regional and municipal level, considering territory effects. This would help more efficiently to the current methods of targeting and improved policies, plans and/or government programs that are aimed at the more vulnerable and poor population. © 2016 CSIC.