The Quebrada Seca River opens a desolate breach in the Great Metropolitan Area (GAM) of San José, Costa Rica’s capital. This small river, corseted between buildings, shows its grey rocks and brown dirt to neighbouring houses’ windowless walls. Clues of abandonment are everywhere. Yet, several collectives gathering inhabitants, technicians and scientists, take action in order to reduce environmental risks linked to Quebrada Seca (flooding, erosion, pollution). In formulating the tangible problems they are affected by in terms of environmental risks (Mormont, 2009), these collectives strongly criticize the urban socio-political organization. They question the accuracy of administrative territories and of communal identities. They propose spec...
Costa Rica es un país con alta oferta hídrica y una extensa red fluvial. Sin embargo el estudio de l...
Los ríos urbanos ofrecen múltiples beneficios ecológicos, además de procurar el bienestar social y d...
El texto gira en torno a las recientes transformaciones del espacio público en la ciudad de San José...
The Quebrada Seca River opens a desolate breach in the Great Metropolitan Area (GAM) of San José, Co...
La rivière Quebrada Seca ouvre une brèche désolée dans les quartiers de la Grande Aire Métropolitain...
In the field of ecological risk assessment, the dominant approach now defended by scientists, politi...
The article proposes to analyse the relationship between crisis, urban network and community organiz...
International audienceThis paper highlights “what makes a resource” in a marginalised neighborhood t...
Urban environment management and "naturals" hazards. the quebradas problematic in Quito (Ecuador) A...
The instrumentalization of risk in Quito The City of Quito, built at the foot of mountainous slopes...
Desamparados is one of the counties most affected by natural hazards each year in Costa Rica during ...
Dans la Grande Aire métropolitaine (GAM) de San José au Costa Rica, l’inscription des questions envi...
The ravines in the city of Quito - Ecuador have historically been erroneously consolidated as large ...
Polysémique, le concept de résilience est mobilisé depuis une dizaine d’années dans le domaine de la...
Existen comunidades vulnerables producto del desplazamiento en el país. Éstas se movilizan de manera...
Costa Rica es un país con alta oferta hídrica y una extensa red fluvial. Sin embargo el estudio de l...
Los ríos urbanos ofrecen múltiples beneficios ecológicos, además de procurar el bienestar social y d...
El texto gira en torno a las recientes transformaciones del espacio público en la ciudad de San José...
The Quebrada Seca River opens a desolate breach in the Great Metropolitan Area (GAM) of San José, Co...
La rivière Quebrada Seca ouvre une brèche désolée dans les quartiers de la Grande Aire Métropolitain...
In the field of ecological risk assessment, the dominant approach now defended by scientists, politi...
The article proposes to analyse the relationship between crisis, urban network and community organiz...
International audienceThis paper highlights “what makes a resource” in a marginalised neighborhood t...
Urban environment management and "naturals" hazards. the quebradas problematic in Quito (Ecuador) A...
The instrumentalization of risk in Quito The City of Quito, built at the foot of mountainous slopes...
Desamparados is one of the counties most affected by natural hazards each year in Costa Rica during ...
Dans la Grande Aire métropolitaine (GAM) de San José au Costa Rica, l’inscription des questions envi...
The ravines in the city of Quito - Ecuador have historically been erroneously consolidated as large ...
Polysémique, le concept de résilience est mobilisé depuis une dizaine d’années dans le domaine de la...
Existen comunidades vulnerables producto del desplazamiento en el país. Éstas se movilizan de manera...
Costa Rica es un país con alta oferta hídrica y una extensa red fluvial. Sin embargo el estudio de l...
Los ríos urbanos ofrecen múltiples beneficios ecológicos, además de procurar el bienestar social y d...
El texto gira en torno a las recientes transformaciones del espacio público en la ciudad de San José...