Evaluating reconstruction effects on urban resilience: a comparison between two Chilean tsunami-prone cities
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- 作者：Irina Tumini ; Paula Villagra-Islas ; Geraldine Herrmann-Lunecke
- 关键词：Post ; disaster reconstruction ; Urban resilience ; Urban morphology indicators ; Earthquake ; Tsunami
- 刊名：Natural Hazards
- 出版年：2017
- 出版时间：February 2017
- 年：2017
- 卷：85
- 期：3
- 页码：1363-1392
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- 刊物类别：Earth and Environmental Science
- 刊物主题：Natural Hazards; Hydrogeology; Geophysics/Geodesy; Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences; Civil Engineering; Environmental Management;
- 出版者：Springer Netherlands
- ISSN：1573-0840
- 卷排序：85
文摘
Facing natural disasters is a priority challenge for cities, exacerbated by increases in urban population and climate change. Improving the resilience of cities is a critical need for the international community and especially for territories exposed to multiple risks, such as Chile. Although disasters are always tragic, the recovery and reconstruction post-disaster may provide a unique opportunity to prevent future suffering, enhancing the resilience of local communities. This paper presents the analysis of two Chilean reconstruction programmes applied in Mehuin and Dichato, after the earthquake and tsunami of 22 May 1960 and 27 February 2010, respectively. In both cases, reconstruction programmes were supported by the Chilean Government, but using different approaches: one focused on providing housing for people injured in the earthquake, while the other also included urban amenities and services. This article proposes an urban morphology analysis framework; in addition, it presents the assessment of the two case studies before and after a disaster, thus evaluating their resilience. By comparing urban morphology resilience pre- and post-disaster, a discussion about the effectiveness of two reconstruction approaches is presented. Finally, conclusions and recommendations to better integrate resilience into urban planning are proposed, with the aim of opening the discussion about how to make cities more resilient to natural disasters.