The environment governs life and all its forms by providing the conditions for the formation, adaptation and maintenance of individuals and communities. Thus, when sudden or gradual extreme events such as storms, earthquakes or drought, among others, exacerbated or not by climate change, the living conditions of populations suffer alterations that can force their members to leave their territories, affecting their sources and forms of social reproduction. Central America has traditionally been characterized as a region with high exposure to geophysical and hydrometeorological threats derived from its geographical location and topography, in addition to the high vulnerability of their human settlements conditioned by these same physical conditions of the land.

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