The project aims to characterize and identify the most appropriate sources of cartographic information for flood modeling in areas of special sensitivity. The project will analyze new usable information capture technologies, such as LIDAR, remote sensing, GPS, as well as new usable platforms, such as UAVs or MMS.

Traditionally, human settlements have been located in areas with easy access for commerce and transportation, usually coastal areas. These locations make them especially vulnerable to certain natural risks such as hurricanes, winds, coastal risks or floods. For some time now, different organizations such as the IPCC have been warning of the possibility that increased storms and torrential rains could cause flooding, which in turn could lead to the destruction of infrastructure and buildings, pollution and deterioration of natural resources. , as well as the loss in commercial activities and the livelihoods of certain populations.

This Semilla Project aims to create the bases for the detailed study of the pozzolanic properties of volcanic and volcanosedimentary materials from the Holguín Region, Cuba, and to value their character as high quality raw materials for the industrial manufacture of cements, mortars and concrete intended for the manufacture of low-cost homes for the inhabitants of that town who have been affected by hurricanes in the last three years. At the same time, it aims to establish standardized parameters for the conditioning and use of these materials throughout the country, thereby ensuring not only an adequate number of homes for those in need, but also the creation of jobs and social benefits in the scope itself, the improvement of personnel, the growth of interest on the part of companies with the corresponding short and medium term investments, as well as the low environmental impact related to the exploitation and treatment of these resources.

The existence of large deposits of volcanic materials (ash, kaolin, glass, pumice, vitreous tuffs, zeolites, bentonites, among others) in the region, due to the arc-insular nature of Cuba, allows defining strategies for the reasoned selection of the favorable sectors from the geological and geographical point of view, location of the plants, distance to the port, access roads and the demand for pozzolanic cements.