Rehabitar la Montaña: strategies and processes for sustainable communities in the mountainous periphery of Medellín

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  • Joseph Claghorn
  • Francesco Maria Orsini
  • Carlos Alejandro Echeverri Restrepo
  • Christian Werthmann

Parole chiave:

Community engagement, Disaster risk-management, Landscape architecture, Non-formal urbanization, Landscape urbanism

Abstract

Thousands of poor, marginal communities’ residents die due to landslide events every year. The quick urbanization of mountainous areas, combined with an increased frequency of landslide events induced by heavy rains due to climate change, is leading to increased deaths year after year, and the problem will
only get worse. Landscape Architects, trained to analyze and intervene in situations with complex natural and social territorial dynamics, are in position to make positive contributions to mitigating risks in such situations. A collaborative effort between a team of landscape architects from Germany and Urbanists in Medellín Colombia is carrying out a four-phased research and implementation proposal to anticipate and mitigate risk in low-income settlements on Medellín’s urban periphery. They propose five pilot projects to test risk mitigation strategies through monitoring and early warning systems, drainage improvements, urban agriculture, slope forestation, and developing sites with the supplied services.

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Pubblicato

2017-10-30

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Claghorn, J., Orsini, F. M., Echeverri Restrepo, C. A., & Werthmann, C. (2017). Rehabitar la Montaña: strategies and processes for sustainable communities in the mountainous periphery of Medellín. Revista Brasileira De Gestão Urbana, 8(1), 42–60. Recuperato da https://periodicos.pucpr.br/Urbe/article/view/22068

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