Publicación: TERRYTORY AND EVOLUTION OF THE URBAN LANDSCAPE POST-DISASTER
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2012
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REVISTA 180
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THE CHANGES THE TERRITORY AND THE LANDSCAPE HAVE BEEN THROUGH AFTER THE TSUNAMI ON FEBRUARY 27, 2010 HAVE BEEN QUITE SIGNIFICANT: SOME URBAN NUCLEUSES WERE PRACTICALLY "WIPED OUT" BY THE HYDRODYNAMIC POWER OF THE WATER, OTHERS MANAGED TO SURVIVE BECAUSE OF VARIOUS GEOGRAPHICAL ACCIDENTS OR CONSTRUCTION-RELATED FACTORS. LEAVING THOSE PLACES BASED IN THE CHILEAN COAST AND WHICH ARE UNDER A CLEAR RISK OF TSUNAMI RESULTS IN AN UNTHINKABLE POSSIBILITY GIVEN THAT MANY CITIES IN THE COUNTRY ARE BUILT ON THE COASTAL REGION AND THEIR SOCIAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS ARTICULATED BY THEIR MARINE CONTEXT. NEVERTHELESS, 50 YEARS HAVE PASSED SINCE THE 1960 VALDIVIA EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI TOOK PLACE- THE MOST POWERFUL EVER RECORDED RATING 9.5 IN RICHTER MAGNITUDE SCALE- TO CARRY OUT A REGULAR SOIL TYPE USE ASSESSMENT ON THE BASIS OF EARTHQUAKE RISK. EVEN THOUGH GOVERNMENT POLICIES HAVE NOT RESULTED TO BE VERY EFFECTIVE TO FACE ONE OF THE MOST DESTRUCTIVE NATURAL DISASTERS, IT IS OF PARAMOUNT IMPORTANCE TO ASSURE THE HUMAN CAPITAL, BUILD MITIGATION BARRIERS, SET UP RESILIENT COMMUNITIES, IMPLEMENT EDUCATION PROGRAMMES AND EVACUATION PLANS AS WELL AS SUGGEST PLATFORMS OF FUTURE DEVELOPMENT. THE AFOREMENTIONED, ALL TOGETHER, CONSTITUTES SOME OF THE MAIN PREMISES TO ASSURE QUALITY LIFE IN A WIDE PART OF OUR COUNTRY. THIS APPROACH WILL UNDOUBTEDLY CHANGE THE WAY THE COASTLINE IS INHABITED AND GENERATE NEW PERCEPTIONS AND SUGGESTIONS FOR A SOCIETY STILL LIVING A POST-DISASTER MOURNING TO BE SIGNIFICANTLY INTEGRATED FROM THE RECONSTRUCTION PROCESS TO A COMPREHENSIVE RECUPERATION IN WHICH SOCIAL CAPITAL WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE LEADING PARTICIPANT.
