Participatory planning for climate resilient and inclusive urban development in Dosquebradas, Santa Ana and Santa Tomé

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ID12243173
AuthorsJorgelina Hardoy (0000-0002-5488-8768, corresponding author), Ebru A Gencer, Ebru Gencer, Manuel Winograd
Year2019
Volume31
Issue1
Pages33-52
Publication date2019-03-03
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEnvironment and Urbanization (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0956-2478 • E-ISSN: 1746-0301
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0956247819825539
OpenAlexW2918720924
LanguageEN
Citations received12
References cited2

Urban governments need to take actions to reduce disaster risks and incorporate climate resilience into their development strategies and plans. But most local governments, particularly small- and medium-sized cities in the global South, lack the knowledge and capacity to do so. This paper presents the findings from a project that engaged local governments and other key stakeholders to develop a participatory planning process for climate resilient and inclusive urban development. The project took place in three small- to medium-sized Latin American cities: Dosquebradas, Colombia; Santa Ana, El Salvador; and Santo Tomé, Argentina. By engaging government officials and politicians, academics, technical specialists, and representatives of civil society organizations in interviews, workshops and focus group discussions, this project sought to identify a range of feasible options for climate resilient and inclusive urban development. In each city, this process provided rich, context-specific details to identify strategies and plan projects with the buy-in of city government and other key actors. The overall goal was to bring in a resilience lens to assess current and planned urban development projects in each city and reach a consensus on feasible and inclusive resilience options for development

Citizen journalism · Civil engineering · Climate change · Climate change adaptation · Environmental planning · Geography · Participatory planning · Political science · Sociology · Urban planning · Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management · Engineering · Land Rights and Reforms · Urban and Rural Development Challenges · Ecology

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