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IIED, London, 2008

... 34 This ended the previous policy of slum/squatter demolition and with the creation of the Ur... more ... 34 This ended the previous policy of slum/squatter demolition and with the creation of the Urban Rehabilitation and Renewal Agency (Agence de Rehabilitation et de Renovation Urbaine ARRU)upgrading came within the policy mainstream and resulted in regularization of ...

The Physical Geography of South America, 2007

This chapter describes the environmental impacts of urbanization in South America, and the diffic... more This chapter describes the environmental impacts of urbanization in South America, and the difficulties that governments have had in managing them. The discussion focuses initially on the rapid urbanization of the continent and its environmental implications and then reviews the quality of the urban environment within the homes and neighbourhoods in which the urban population lives, in the workplace, and in the wider city (the ambient environment). The environmental impacts of these urban areas on their surroundings are then described and their wider and more diffuse impacts considered, including an evaluation of global climate change. Lastly, some of the new directions taken by governments in the region toward addressing these problems are noted. Table 20.1 provides a summary of the main city-related environmental problems in terms of their spatial context and the nature of the hazard or problem. The urban environment is taken to mean the physical environment in urban areas, with i...

Frontiers in Sustainable Cities

In recent decades, informal settlement upgrading and housing deficit in Latin America has been ad... more In recent decades, informal settlement upgrading and housing deficit in Latin America has been addressed through a variety of urban programs, usually structured around physical-spatial and social actions with an emphasis on the provision of basic infrastructure and services, improved accessibility and connectivity and new housing, mostly done by conventional means. In general, they fail to incorporate new frameworks that provide solutions with strong environmental roots, such as Nature-based Solutions (NbS), Blue-Green Infrastructure (BGI) or Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA). This article explores the potentiality of NbS/BGI in contributing to solve structural problems in marginal urban areas, the mindshifts and actor coalitions needed to support this and how it may promote equity and justice. This is analyzed in a particular setting: Villa 20, an informal settlement in the City of Buenos Aires that is undergoing a participatory urban upgrading process with a strong participatory pl...

Supplemental material, almansi-supplement for Incorporating a resilience lens into the social and... more Supplemental material, almansi-supplement for Incorporating a resilience lens into the social and urban transformation of informal settlements: the participatory upgrading process in Villa 20, Buenos Aires (2016–2020) by Florencia Almansi, Jorge Martín Motta and Jorgelina Hardoy in Environment & Urbanization

Meeting: 4th Global Forum on Urban Resilience & Adaptation, Bonn, Germany, 31 May – 2 June 2013

Revista Cultura Año 38, No.100, 2020, Dec 28, 2020

Colombia, is incorporating climate change adaptation into its plans, and how this can build on th... more Colombia, is incorporating climate change adaptation into its plans, and how this can build on the foundations of the city´s long-established urban environmental policy (Biomanizales) and local environmental action plan (Bioplan) that have guided urban development and have developed incorporating disaster risk reduction into local development policies and local land use plans. The success is rooted in coherent, multi-level governance, including capacity to integrate disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation, land use and territorial planning within a holistic view of development that includes the views and capacities of multiple stakeholders. As the process matures, an acknowledgment of weaknesses leads to improved ways of addressing climate-related risks and adaptation challenges. KEYWORDS climate change adaptation / disaster risk reduction / engaged civil

This paper is a report on one of three related case studies in Latin America and shows the progre... more This paper is a report on one of three related case studies in Latin America and shows the progress in the city of Chetumal, and the larger state of which it is the capital (Quintana Roo), in disaster response, especially with regard to cyclones. It also shows the progress in land use and ecological planning through the development of certain tools, which have changed the approach from one of prohibiting action to suggesting alternatives. Rather than stopping development, the focus has been on taking full account of its impacts and trying to make development compatible with environmental protection. There has also been progress in ecosystem conservation and water management, coordinated between different levels of government and different stakeholders. While much of this has taken place within the formal framework set by government, participatory processes have increased civil society awareness and commitment to environmental issues, and its capacity to participate and take a positi...

This issue of Regional Development Dialogue (RDD) arises out of, and builds upon, the United Nati... more This issue of Regional Development Dialogue (RDD) arises out of, and builds upon, the United Nations Centre for Regional Development (UNCRD) International Workshop on Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience Building of Urban Communities in Nagoya, Japan, in December 2012. As Jean D'Aragon's article indicates, there are many characteristics of urban areas which make them either more vulnerable or more resilient to disasters than rural areas. Higher investment can allow more sophisticated structural modifications for earthquakes and other physical measures to increase resilience to various kinds of disaster. The very concentration of investments, activities, people and movement within cities, however, means that the consequences of disasters can be more severe in the scale of damage done and livelihoods disrupted for a given area affected. Furthermore, as much urbanisation occurs in countries with only a few hundred dollars of gross domestic product (GDP) per head, hundreds of millions of people settle outside of the formal systems. The land they occupy and the lack of services provided can increase their vulnerability many-fold over those in formal housing and with formal employment. It was particularly important, therefore, that there should be a workshop and this issue of RDD to focus specifically on urban issues in Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience as UNCRD adds a specifically urban concern to its operations. UNCRD established its Disaster Management Planning Programme, in 1985, as one of its main thematic areas of work supporting efforts towards sustainable regional development in developing countries. Part of its work in disaster risk reduction (DRR), enhancing communities' resilience and reduce their vulnerability to natural and human-induced hazards and disasters, has recently begun to focus on urban areas specifically. As more than half the world's population is now urban and disasters often have more destructive effects in urban areas, this direction is timely and the workshop was one of its first activities.

Environment and Urbanization, 2014

This paper reflects on how the city of Manizales, Colombia, is incorporating climate change adapt... more This paper reflects on how the city of Manizales, Colombia, is incorporating climate change adaptation into its plans, and how this can build on the foundations of the city’s long-established urban environmental policy (Biomanizales) and local environmental action plan (Bioplan) that have guided urban development and have developed incorporating disaster risk reduction into local development policies and local land use plans. The success is rooted in coherent, multi-level governance, including capacity to integrate disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation, land use and territorial planning within a holistic view of development that includes the views and capacities of multiple stakeholders. As the process matures, an acknowledgment of weaknesses leads to improved ways of addressing climate-related risks and adaptation challenges.

Environment and Urbanization, 2010

This paper brings together the perceptions of three youths from Barrio San Jorge, a low-income se... more This paper brings together the perceptions of three youths from Barrio San Jorge, a low-income settlement located in the municipality of San Fernando in the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area, and the more technical views of three adult researchers working in the same barrio with the Instituto Internacional de Medio Ambiente y Desarrollo-América Latina (IIED-AL). It highlights youth's perceptions and aspirations within a context of neighbourhood upgrading and transformation, and discusses some ideas on how best to approach and work with youth, addressing the challenges of integration, participation and commitment. KEYWORDS integration / participation / urban upgrading / vulnerability / youth Jorgelina Hardoy has a degree in Geography from the University of Buenos Aires and an MA from Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, USA. She has been a staff member of IIED-AL since 1994. Her work focuses on developing multistakeholder partnerships to improve environmental conditions and reduce social vulnerability and risk in low-income neighbourhoods, including those related to climate change. She is also currently involved in the upgrading and regularization programmes implemented in Barrio San Jorge and Barrio Hardoy.

contribution to the 5th …, 2009

Page 1. 1 SOCIAL ASPECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE IN URBAN AREAS IN LOW-AND MIDDLE-INCOME NATIONS Sherid... more Page 1. 1 SOCIAL ASPECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE IN URBAN AREAS IN LOW-AND MIDDLE-INCOME NATIONS Sheridan Bartlett, David Dodman, Jorgelina Hardoy, David Satterthwaite and Cecilia Tacoli, International Institute ...

This paper is an output of the Swedish International Development Cooperation (Sida), the Ministry... more This paper is an output of the Swedish International Development Cooperation (Sida), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark (Danida) and the Department for International Development (DFID) funded project entitled: Improving urban water and sanitation provision globally, through information and action driven locally. This project was carried out by IIED and five of its partners in Angola, Argentina, Ghana, India and Pakistan. The project aims to document innovative and inspiring examples of locally-driven water and sanitation initiatives in deprived urban areas. The project provides a basis for better understanding of how to identify and build upon local initiatives that are likely to improve water and sanitation services. The project also looks at how local organizations in those countries have managed to: scale up successful projects; work collaboratively; finance water and sanitation schemes; and use information systems such as mapping to drive local action and monitor improve...