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Redefining risk from below: political responses to landslide risk assessments in the informal settlements of Bogota, Colombia

Fraser, Aarabella

Authors

Aarabella Fraser



Contributors

Manoj Roy
Editor

Sally Cawood
Editor

Michaela Hordijk
Editor

David Hulme
Editor

Abstract


This chapter examines the construction of urban risk as an entry point to urban adaptation, with emphasis on the what, who and how' questions of adaptation. It examines three case study communities with differential exposure and vulnerability to landslide risk in Bogota, Colombia. The chapter concludes with reflections on the implications for understanding urban adaptation. The research used a case study of the disaster risk management system in Bogota, Colombia, and in particular the ladera or hill-slopes programme, which has a long history of operation in some of the poorest areas of the city. Livelihoods approaches can be considered as both a conceptual vehicle and operational framework for understanding social vulnerability to climate risk. Numerous authors writing about urban disaster risk note the potential for societal contestation versus dominant knowledge actors around the causes, nature of and possible solutions to disaster-related risks.

This chapter examines the construction of urban risk as an entry point to urban adaptation, with emphasis on the what, who and how' questions of adaptation. It examines three case study communities with differential exposure and vulnerability to landslide risk in Bogota, Colombia. The chapter concludes with reflections on the implications for understanding urban adaptation. The research used a case study of the disaster risk management system in Bogota, Colombia, and in particular the ladera or hill-slopes programme, which has a long history of operation in some of the poorest areas of the city. Livelihoods approaches can be considered as both a conceptual vehicle and operational framework for understanding social vulnerability to climate risk. Numerous authors writing about urban disaster risk note the potential for societal contestation versus dominant knowledge actors around the causes, nature of and possible solutions to disaster-related risks.

Citation

Fraser, A. (2016). Redefining risk from below: political responses to landslide risk assessments in the informal settlements of Bogota, Colombia. In M. Roy, S. Cawood, M. Hordijk, & D. Hulme (Eds.), Urban poverty and climate change: life in the slums of Asia, Africa and Latin AmericaTaylor & Francis (Routledge)

Online Publication Date Apr 20, 2016
Publication Date 2016
Deposit Date Nov 14, 2018
Publisher Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
Book Title Urban poverty and climate change: life in the slums of Asia, Africa and Latin America
Chapter Number 13
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1250537
Publisher URL https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9781317506980/chapters/10.4324%2F9781315716435-13