vol. 3 núm. 2: el desarrollo y su complejidad desde las perspectivas multidisciplinar y transdisciplinar

The present article exposes the results obtained in the research about the predictors of behavior that motivates water storage in endemic neighborhoods of Barranquilla, Bucaramanga and Armenia, in Colombia. Through monitoring the storage, water supply and type of maintenance of recipients in sentinel houses, and a questionnaire on household adaptation to water supply, it was determined the social and environmental factors involved in to human behavior, particularly related to water storage. Amongst the main motivations for such storage it was found the periodic interruptions of water supply, and the need for cost reduction in thepublic service. Through the findings was evidenced the pertinence of developing multisector strategies, including a phase of sensitization about the need for generating appropriate and safe practices of storage, in order to reduce the production of the dengue vector within the households