Gonzalo Lizarralde
Biographic Data
| ID | 1406435 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gonzalo Lizarralde |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gonzalo |
| FAMILY NAME | Lizarralde |
| SIGNATURE | LIZARRALDE G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Université de Montréal |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6645-9269 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 101 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 22 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Critical Reconstruction Theory and the invention of post-disaster response
No comprehensive theory of reconstruction currently exists. This hinders scholars’ capacity to anticipate patterns, as well as practitioners’ possibilities to evaluate alternatives, design equitable recovery processes and implement appropriate policies. The presented analysis of the pertinent literature over 50 years shows that the notion of reconstruction has been reified in different ways. This constant reinvention of post-disaster response mob…
Why do (some) people in informal settlements in Latin America grow food today and what is their struggle
The politics of land management after disasters
Purpose In this paper, we explore the impact of land management practices on post-disaster housing, to draw lessons from the case of reconstruction in Türkiye. Design/methodology/approach We conducted two qualitative case studies of two reconstruction experiences following the 2020 Elazığ and İzmir earthquakes. We analyzed 70 articles, technical reports and press releases and then used a set of policy analysis tools to examine five policy documen…
Artefacts of disaster risk reduction
Purpose Disaster risk reduction is of prime importance in informal settlements in the Global South, where several forms of vulnerability coexist. Policy and official programmes, however, rarely respond to the needs and expectations of citizens and local leaders living in these settlements. Even though these agents constantly attempt to reduce risks in their own way, we know very little about their activities, motivations and effective impact on r…
Risk perception—A lens for understanding adaptive behaviour in the age of climate change? Narratives from the Global South
Risk perception, a judgment of how risk is perceived individually and communicated scientifically, helps clarify local knowledge, know-how, and experience. However, community disaster preparedness and DRR planning have often overlooked community risk perception. This study investigates how risk perception at the community level influences and facilitates local DRR initiatives. It explores southwest Bangladesh as a case study, an area highly vulne…
El rol de las alianzas sociales en el proceso de reconstrucción en Salgar, Colombia
Después del desastre ocurrido en Salgar, Colombia, en 2015, la estructura de gobernanza, basada en la corresponsabilidad entre actores públicos, privados y sin ánimo de lucro, jugó un rol central en el proceso de reconstrucción. En esta investigación se analizan tres aspectos de dichas alianzas, identificados a partir de la teoría, y su papel en la creación del beneficio colectivo. Se emplean métodos cualitativos de enfoque exploratorio e interpr…
The problem of doing more
Development studies highlight the importance of scaling good practices and their replicability and transferability to face global warming. But what happens when practices originate in informal urban contexts? Should they be replicated, amplified and formalized? We explore the opportunities and contradictions that emerge in scaling disaster risk reduction in informal settings. For four years, we documented 24 local initiatives and the work of lead…
Unnatural Disasters
Unnatural Disasters offers a new perspective on our most pressing environmental and social challenges, revealing the gaps between abstract concepts like sustainability, resilience, and innovation and the real-world experiences of the people living at risk.
Maladaptation, fragmentation, and other secondary effects of centralized post-disaster urban planning
Previous studies have documented the negative impacts and unexpected secondary effects of post-disaster housing development. Here, we build on this tradition to explore how post-disaster urban planning and risk mitigation measures affect internal migrations after a major disaster. In the aftermath of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami, the Japanese government put forward significant efforts to provide safe housing and land in more t…
Does climate change cause disasters? How citizens, academics, and leaders explain climate-related risk and disasters in Latin America and the Caribbean
For decades, social scientists have attempted to reveal the real causes behind disasters. While some scholars have recently focused almost exclusively on people's vulnerabilities, the majority recognize that disasters result from a combination of people's choices and hazards. Agencies and government officials, on the other hand, have often downplayed the political component of disasters (particularly those linked to global warming), preferring to…
The language of risk and the risk of language
Like other Caribbean countries, Cuba has adopted policies to relocate populations and prohibit (re)building in coastal zones at risk of climate change effects. Yet residents do not uniformly see such measures as welfare promoting and risk reducing, and may resist relocation, even in places where disaster planning is respected and effective. In such instances, vernacular narratives reveal local understandings of threats, vulnerabilities, and the m…
We said, they said
Purpose Few people living in informal settlements in the Global South spontaneously claim that they are “resilient” or “adapting” to disaster risk or climate change. Surely, they often overcome multiple challenges, including natural hazards exacerbated by climate change. Yet their actions are increasingly examined through the framework of resilience, a notion developed in the North, and increasingly adopted in the South. To what extent eliminate’…
Policies of Exclusion
When the Syrian war erupted in 2011, the Lebanese government withdrew from managing the influx of Syrian refugees. Three years later, Lebanon’s Council of Ministers set new regulations for Syrians with the purpose of reducing access to territory and persuading refugees to leave the country. This article analyses the reasons for and the outcomes of Lebanon’s response to the refugee crisis before and after 2014. It then examines, through a qualitat…
City profile
From 2010 to 2015, Canaan was perhaps the urban settlement with the fastest exponential growth in the Western hemisphere. Technically, Canaan is not a city—at least not in the administrative sense of the term. Nor is it simply a slum on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince. Instead, it is a vast, new and almost entirely self-constructed post-disaster settlement. In this city profile, we reveal the causes of this unprecedented urban phenomenon, draw a …
Understanding stakeholders’ approaches to sustainability in building projects
Unpacking resilience policy discourse
Sustainability and resilience in the built environment
A systems approach to resilience in the built environment
Through its capacity to evoke systemic adaptation before and after disasters, resilience has become a seductive theory in disaster management. Several studies have linked the concept with systems theory; however, they have been mostly based on theoretical models with limited empirical support. The study of the Cuban model of resilience sheds light on the variables that create systemic resilience in the built environment and its relations with the…
L’influence des parties prenantes dans les grands projets urbains
Plusieurs villes réalisent actuellement de grands projets urbains favorisant leur rayonnement international et leur positionnement dans un contexte de compétition interurbaine. Ces projets complexes font appel à une multitude de parties prenantes, c’est-à-dire de groupes ou d’individus pouvant affecter ou être affectés par le projet : décideurs publics, acteurs économiques, société civile, professionnels de l’aménagement, etc. L’analyse comparati…
Stakeholder participation and incremental housing in subsidized housing projects in Colombia and South Africa
Rebuilding After Disasters
Preface - Hernado de Soto 1.Rebuilding after Disasters - Gonzalo Lizarralde, Cassidy Johnson and Colin Davidson 2.Post-disaster Low-cost Housing Solutions - Gonzalo Lizarralde 3.Appropriate Technology for Post-disaster Reconstruction - Rohit Jigyasu 4.Planning for Temporary Housing - Cassidy Johnson 5.Multi-actor Arrangements and Project Management - Colin Davidson 6.Stakeholder Participation in Post-disaster Reconstruction Programmes - Isabelle …
Unexpected negative outcomes of community participation in low-cost housing projects in South Africa
Truths and myths about community participation in post-disaster housing projects
Truths and myths about community participation in post-disaster housing projects
Policies of Exclusion
When the Syrian war erupted in 2011, the Lebanese government withdrew from managing the influx of Syrian refugees. Three years later, Lebanon’s Council of Ministers set new regulations for Syrians with the purpose of reducing access to territory and persuading refugees to leave the country. This article analyses the reasons for and the outcomes of Lebanon’s response to the refugee crisis before and after 2014. It then examines, through a qualitat…
Unexpected negative outcomes of community participation in low-cost housing projects in South Africa
Unpacking resilience policy discourse
A systems approach to resilience in the built environment
Through its capacity to evoke systemic adaptation before and after disasters, resilience has become a seductive theory in disaster management. Several studies have linked the concept with systems theory; however, they have been mostly based on theoretical models with limited empirical support. The study of the Cuban model of resilience sheds light on the variables that create systemic resilience in the built environment and its relations with the…
Stakeholder participation and incremental housing in subsidized housing projects in Colombia and South Africa
City profile
From 2010 to 2015, Canaan was perhaps the urban settlement with the fastest exponential growth in the Western hemisphere. Technically, Canaan is not a city—at least not in the administrative sense of the term. Nor is it simply a slum on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince. Instead, it is a vast, new and almost entirely self-constructed post-disaster settlement. In this city profile, we reveal the causes of this unprecedented urban phenomenon, draw a …
Truths and myths about community participation in post-disaster housing projects
Unexpected negative outcomes of community participation in low-cost housing projects in South Africa
Rebuilding After Disasters
Preface - Hernado de Soto 1.Rebuilding after Disasters - Gonzalo Lizarralde, Cassidy Johnson and Colin Davidson 2.Post-disaster Low-cost Housing Solutions - Gonzalo Lizarralde 3.Appropriate Technology for Post-disaster Reconstruction - Rohit Jigyasu 4.Planning for Temporary Housing - Cassidy Johnson 5.Multi-actor Arrangements and Project Management - Colin Davidson 6.Stakeholder Participation in Post-disaster Reconstruction Programmes - Isabelle …
Stakeholder participation and incremental housing in subsidized housing projects in Colombia and South Africa
L’influence des parties prenantes dans les grands projets urbains
Plusieurs villes réalisent actuellement de grands projets urbains favorisant leur rayonnement international et leur positionnement dans un contexte de compétition interurbaine. Ces projets complexes font appel à une multitude de parties prenantes, c’est-à-dire de groupes ou d’individus pouvant affecter ou être affectés par le projet : décideurs publics, acteurs économiques, société civile, professionnels de l’aménagement, etc. L’analyse comparati…
Sustainability and resilience in the built environment
A systems approach to resilience in the built environment
Through its capacity to evoke systemic adaptation before and after disasters, resilience has become a seductive theory in disaster management. Several studies have linked the concept with systems theory; however, they have been mostly based on theoretical models with limited empirical support. The study of the Cuban model of resilience sheds light on the variables that create systemic resilience in the built environment and its relations with the…
Understanding stakeholders’ approaches to sustainability in building projects
Unpacking resilience policy discourse
The language of risk and the risk of language
Like other Caribbean countries, Cuba has adopted policies to relocate populations and prohibit (re)building in coastal zones at risk of climate change effects. Yet residents do not uniformly see such measures as welfare promoting and risk reducing, and may resist relocation, even in places where disaster planning is respected and effective. In such instances, vernacular narratives reveal local understandings of threats, vulnerabilities, and the m…
We said, they said
Purpose Few people living in informal settlements in the Global South spontaneously claim that they are “resilient” or “adapting” to disaster risk or climate change. Surely, they often overcome multiple challenges, including natural hazards exacerbated by climate change. Yet their actions are increasingly examined through the framework of resilience, a notion developed in the North, and increasingly adopted in the South. To what extent eliminate’…
Policies of Exclusion
When the Syrian war erupted in 2011, the Lebanese government withdrew from managing the influx of Syrian refugees. Three years later, Lebanon’s Council of Ministers set new regulations for Syrians with the purpose of reducing access to territory and persuading refugees to leave the country. This article analyses the reasons for and the outcomes of Lebanon’s response to the refugee crisis before and after 2014. It then examines, through a qualitat…
City profile
From 2010 to 2015, Canaan was perhaps the urban settlement with the fastest exponential growth in the Western hemisphere. Technically, Canaan is not a city—at least not in the administrative sense of the term. Nor is it simply a slum on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince. Instead, it is a vast, new and almost entirely self-constructed post-disaster settlement. In this city profile, we reveal the causes of this unprecedented urban phenomenon, draw a …
Unnatural Disasters
Unnatural Disasters offers a new perspective on our most pressing environmental and social challenges, revealing the gaps between abstract concepts like sustainability, resilience, and innovation and the real-world experiences of the people living at risk.
Maladaptation, fragmentation, and other secondary effects of centralized post-disaster urban planning
Previous studies have documented the negative impacts and unexpected secondary effects of post-disaster housing development. Here, we build on this tradition to explore how post-disaster urban planning and risk mitigation measures affect internal migrations after a major disaster. In the aftermath of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami, the Japanese government put forward significant efforts to provide safe housing and land in more t…
Does climate change cause disasters? How citizens, academics, and leaders explain climate-related risk and disasters in Latin America and the Caribbean
For decades, social scientists have attempted to reveal the real causes behind disasters. While some scholars have recently focused almost exclusively on people's vulnerabilities, the majority recognize that disasters result from a combination of people's choices and hazards. Agencies and government officials, on the other hand, have often downplayed the political component of disasters (particularly those linked to global warming), preferring to…
El rol de las alianzas sociales en el proceso de reconstrucción en Salgar, Colombia
Después del desastre ocurrido en Salgar, Colombia, en 2015, la estructura de gobernanza, basada en la corresponsabilidad entre actores públicos, privados y sin ánimo de lucro, jugó un rol central en el proceso de reconstrucción. En esta investigación se analizan tres aspectos de dichas alianzas, identificados a partir de la teoría, y su papel en la creación del beneficio colectivo. Se emplean métodos cualitativos de enfoque exploratorio e interpr…
The problem of doing more
Development studies highlight the importance of scaling good practices and their replicability and transferability to face global warming. But what happens when practices originate in informal urban contexts? Should they be replicated, amplified and formalized? We explore the opportunities and contradictions that emerge in scaling disaster risk reduction in informal settings. For four years, we documented 24 local initiatives and the work of lead…
Risk perception—A lens for understanding adaptive behaviour in the age of climate change? Narratives from the Global South
Risk perception, a judgment of how risk is perceived individually and communicated scientifically, helps clarify local knowledge, know-how, and experience. However, community disaster preparedness and DRR planning have often overlooked community risk perception. This study investigates how risk perception at the community level influences and facilitates local DRR initiatives. It explores southwest Bangladesh as a case study, an area highly vulne…
The politics of land management after disasters
Purpose In this paper, we explore the impact of land management practices on post-disaster housing, to draw lessons from the case of reconstruction in Türkiye. Design/methodology/approach We conducted two qualitative case studies of two reconstruction experiences following the 2020 Elazığ and İzmir earthquakes. We analyzed 70 articles, technical reports and press releases and then used a set of policy analysis tools to examine five policy documen…
Artefacts of disaster risk reduction
Purpose Disaster risk reduction is of prime importance in informal settlements in the Global South, where several forms of vulnerability coexist. Policy and official programmes, however, rarely respond to the needs and expectations of citizens and local leaders living in these settlements. Even though these agents constantly attempt to reduce risks in their own way, we know very little about their activities, motivations and effective impact on r…
Why do (some) people in informal settlements in Latin America grow food today and what is their struggle
Critical Reconstruction Theory and the invention of post-disaster response
No comprehensive theory of reconstruction currently exists. This hinders scholars’ capacity to anticipate patterns, as well as practitioners’ possibilities to evaluate alternatives, design equitable recovery processes and implement appropriate policies. The presented analysis of the pertinent literature over 50 years shows that the notion of reconstruction has been reified in different ways. This constant reinvention of post-disaster response mob…
Disaster Management and Resilience (17 works) · Political science (15 works) · Geography (13 works) · Economics (10 works) · Environmental planning (10 works) · Business (9 works) · Economic growth (8 works) · Engineering (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Flood Risk Assessment and Management (7 works)