Aarabella Fraser
Redefining risk from below: political responses to landslide risk assessments in the informal settlements of Bogota, Colombia
Fraser, Aarabella
Authors
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 |
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Publication Date | 2016 |
Deposit Date | Nov 14, 2018 |
Publisher | 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 |
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