To upgrade or to relocate. Government s decision on implementing upgrading or relocation practices on informal settlements concerning their vulnerability to floods due to climate change and variability. The case of Montevideo, Uruguay

Currently millions of people live in informal settlements in Latin America. They are the most vulnerable to climate change, because generally they occupy the most hazardous locations (e.g. floodplains) and lack adaptive capacity due to their low social and economical means. For several decades, gove...

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Main Author: Vincent, Valentina (author)
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Language:Spanish
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Planificación urbana
Cambio climático
Movilidad urbana
climate change
informal settlement
relocation
Geografía Económica y Social
Estudios Urbanos
Ciencias Sociales
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description Currently millions of people live in informal settlements in Latin America. They are the most vulnerable to climate change, because generally they occupy the most hazardous locations (e.g. floodplains) and lack adaptive capacity due to their low social and economical means. For several decades, governments in Latin America have implemented different policies towards informal settlements, such as in situ upgrading and relocations. This dissertation studies how governments decide between the implementation of upgrading or relocation practices considering the impacts of floods due to climate change and variability on informal settlements. It is based on the case of Uruguay and its capital city Montevideo. Research consisted on the analysis of government plans concerning informal settlements and climate change, and interviews to both local and national government representatives. The study will show how in Uruguay the decision is based on technical and economic factors, and that national government plays a major role in the decision making processes, while local governments mainly focus on implementation stages. It will also been shown that communities generally do not have a voice in this decision.
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spelling To upgrade or to relocate. Government s decision on implementing upgrading or relocation practices on informal settlements concerning their vulnerability to floods due to climate change and variability. The case of Montevideo, UruguayVincent, ValentinaSustentabilidadPlanificación urbanaCambio climáticoMovilidad urbanaclimate changeinformal settlementrelocationGeografía Económica y SocialEstudios UrbanosCiencias SocialesCurrently millions of people live in informal settlements in Latin America. They are the most vulnerable to climate change, because generally they occupy the most hazardous locations (e.g. floodplains) and lack adaptive capacity due to their low social and economical means. For several decades, governments in Latin America have implemented different policies towards informal settlements, such as in situ upgrading and relocations. This dissertation studies how governments decide between the implementation of upgrading or relocation practices considering the impacts of floods due to climate change and variability on informal settlements. It is based on the case of Uruguay and its capital city Montevideo. Research consisted on the analysis of government plans concerning informal settlements and climate change, and interviews to both local and national government representatives. The study will show how in Uruguay the decision is based on technical and economic factors, and that national government plays a major role in the decision making processes, while local governments mainly focus on implementation stages. It will also been shown that communities generally do not have a voice in this decision.Agencia Nacional de Investigación e InnovaciónChevening Scholarships, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), UKUniversity College London2019-10-17T20:51:34Z2019-10-17T20:51:34Z2015Tesis de maestríainfo:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesisAceptadoinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion61 p.Vincent, Valentina (2015). To upgrade or to relocate. Government s decision on implementing upgrading or relocation practices on informal settlements concerning their vulnerability to floods due to climate change and variability. The case of Montevideo, Uruguay (tesis de maestría). University College London.http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12381/150POS_CHEV_2014_1_500057reponame:REDIinstname:Agencia Nacional de Investigación e Innovacióninstacron:Agencia Nacional de Investigación e InnovaciónspaAcceso abiertoinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessReconocimiento-NoComercial-SinObraDerivada. (CC BY-NC-ND)oai:redi.anii.org.uy:20.500.12381/1502026-06-16T05:01:29Z
spellingShingle To upgrade or to relocate. Government s decision on implementing upgrading or relocation practices on informal settlements concerning their vulnerability to floods due to climate change and variability. The case of Montevideo, Uruguay
Vincent, Valentina
Sustentabilidad
Planificación urbana
Cambio climático
Movilidad urbana
climate change
informal settlement
relocation
Geografía Económica y Social
Estudios Urbanos
Ciencias Sociales
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title To upgrade or to relocate. Government s decision on implementing upgrading or relocation practices on informal settlements concerning their vulnerability to floods due to climate change and variability. The case of Montevideo, Uruguay
title_full To upgrade or to relocate. Government s decision on implementing upgrading or relocation practices on informal settlements concerning their vulnerability to floods due to climate change and variability. The case of Montevideo, Uruguay
title_fullStr To upgrade or to relocate. Government s decision on implementing upgrading or relocation practices on informal settlements concerning their vulnerability to floods due to climate change and variability. The case of Montevideo, Uruguay
title_full_unstemmed To upgrade or to relocate. Government s decision on implementing upgrading or relocation practices on informal settlements concerning their vulnerability to floods due to climate change and variability. The case of Montevideo, Uruguay
title_short To upgrade or to relocate. Government s decision on implementing upgrading or relocation practices on informal settlements concerning their vulnerability to floods due to climate change and variability. The case of Montevideo, Uruguay
title_sort To upgrade or to relocate. Government s decision on implementing upgrading or relocation practices on informal settlements concerning their vulnerability to floods due to climate change and variability. The case of Montevideo, Uruguay
topic Sustentabilidad
Planificación urbana
Cambio climático
Movilidad urbana
climate change
informal settlement
relocation
Geografía Económica y Social
Estudios Urbanos
Ciencias Sociales
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12381/150