Title: Identification of capabilities for disaster risk reduction: territorial approach to citizen participation in the foothills of La Florida neighborhood, Santiago of Chile
Abstract: The view that disasters are dangerous and difficult to prevent natural phenomena has prevailed for a long time, fundamentally impacting how emergency management policies and actions are generated. Recent research points to the need for increased investments in risk reduction as a central strategy for addressing risk management. Governments need to emphasize risk reduction at its foundation, from establishing coherency between public policy and planning, ensuring appropriate investments in social protection instruments, facilitating greater participation, and supporting gradual decentralization. This document focuses on the piedmont region of Santiago de Chile, an area of rising risks due to the dynamics of urban expansion and land occupation. This rapid urban growth, specifically in the Florida neighborhood, has increased the risk of socio-natural hazards (floods, water logging and mass movement processes), affecting environmental conditions and services. The recurrence of disaster events and the rather slight progress towards risk reduction shown so far confirm the need to address risk accumulation. This article analyzes the increased conditions of risk resulting from urban development in Florida, as well as the governance and land use management mechanisms being applied as part of a risk reduction strategy for the area. The findings also account for strategies implemented by citizens actively involved in the urbanization process at the local level as relevant stakeholders in risk reduction, enabling a direct participation in the decision making process.
Publication Year: 2013
Publication Date: 2013-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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