This conference presents a framework based on geointelligence as an essential bridge between the scientific observation and the coordinated action for risk management in complex urban territories. Taking as a case study the urban mountain basins, the integration of tools (remote sensing, AI, drones, warning systems) is analyzed to anticipate risks, modeling scenarios and co-creating solutions with governments and communities. The experience from Monterrey, Mexico proves that the value is in transforming data into resilience plans and participatory governance tools. Finally, the role of the regional and international collaboration to scale this impact and build safer and more prepared cities.
Dra.C. Fabiola Doracely Yépez Rincón
Country: México
Environmental engineer and PhD in Engineering Sciences, researcher and academic at the School of Civil Engineering of the UANL. She is the Head of the Department of Geomatics of the Institute of Civil Engineering of the UANL. She belongs to the National System of Researchers (SNI), a government agency established in Mexico, where she is a Level 1 Researcher in Area 8 of Engineering and Technology. She has published more than 100 works among outstanding journals are Remote Sensing of Environment, Remote Sensing, Geocarto International and Journal of Maps, 1 edited book, 8 book chapters and 12 theses directed in postgraduate programs of CONACYT (National Council of Science and Technology). She has directed 17 linkage projects and more than 8 different research projects, all of them applying Earth Observation or Geomatics. She is the leader of EOTEC DevNet in the Americas Community of Practice for the Development of Earth Observation Capabilities and Technologies, and is Vice President of the Latin American Society of Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Systems (SELPER). Dr. Yepez co-directs the Disaster Management Working Group of the ISPRS Foundation (International Society of Remote Sensing). She is a government advisor and Secretary of the Technical Council on Climate Change of the Government of the State of Nuevo León, Mexico. Her research interests include Geomatics, Advanced Geomatics, Application of remote sensing and GIS techniques in multidisciplinary projects and methodological and technological innovation. Information from LiDAR, Satellite Images and Drones. Focusing on non-destructive evaluation methods of strategic infrastructure, management of urban green areas, urban rivers and monitoring of geophysical and geomorphological changes as threat triggers, risk management and hydrometeorological disasters. She is currently pursuing her second Ph.D. in Integral Risk Management and Civil Protection and is working on the Analysis of the urban river as a regulatory instrument for climate change resilient infrastructure in Mexico.
