DE LA MITIGACIÓN DE DESASTRES A LA INTERRUPCIÓN DE TRAMPAS DE RIESGO
- Author(s)
- Adriana Allen, Teresa Belkow, Carlos Escalante Estrada, Silvia de los Ríos, Marco Kamiya, Rita Lambert, Liliana Miranda, Julia Wesely, Linda Zilbert Soto
- Abstract
The last decades have witnessed a profound change in our understanding of the conditions of risk in urban contexts. However, we still face significant conceptual, methodological and empirical challenges in capturing the vicious cycles of risk accumulation that often render so-called ‘urban risk traps’ invisible. We define risk traps as the result of the reproduction of everyday risks and frequent small-scale disasters, which have highly localized impacts and disproportionately affect impoverished inhabitants. Based on the action-research project cLIMA without Risk (cLIMA sin riesgo), which was conducted by the authors in the context of two marginalized areas in the centre and periphery of Lima, Peru, this article explores the conditions that produce and reproduce these risk traps and it analyses how and where they materialize, who they affect and with what consequences. The discussion examines how spatial knowledge of urbanization at risk together with a critical evaluation of inhabitants’ and state agencies’ investments in mitigation efforts allows us to move towards a more accurate assessment of the impact of these risk traps over time, which is required for developing transformative strategies to disrupt them.
- Organisation(s)
- Department of Geography and Regional Research
- External organisation(s)
- University College London, Independent consultant, Institute of Urban Development CENCA, Center for Research, Documentation and Population Counseling, ONU-HABITAT, Kenia, Foro Ciudades para la Vida, Independent expert
- Journal
- Revista de Estudios Latinoamericanos sobre Reduccion del Riesgo de Desastres
- Volume
- 1
- Pages
- 6-28
- No. of pages
- 23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.55467/reder.v1i1.2
- Publication date
- 07-2017
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 509001 Action research, 105902 Natural hazards, 507019 Urban development planning
- Keywords
- ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Development, Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
- Sustainable Development Goals
- SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
- Portal url
- https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/12709d9a-e7d8-44cf-bf86-dec0702e6e74