Mainstreaming disaster risk management into land-use planning: trends from Lima
Description
Mainstreaming land-use planning into disaster risk management is a vital process for the safeguard and resilience of communities. Since developing countries are most vulnerable due to the strong presence of informal settlements with high level risk exposure to hazards, the research analyzes the periphery of Lima city due to its major indicators in economic and human impacts. For this, the two case studies of Independence and Lurigancho-Chosica municipalities have been analyzed through the lens of disaster risk management integration into land-use planning. The results show that both municipalities have addressed hazard, exposure, and vulnerability and have elaborated land-use planning proposals due to technical and financial support from other organizations. However, they tend not to achieve implementation and monitoring dimensions due to several urban governance issues and the lack of real comprehension of disaster risk management that constitutes the challenges and vulnerabilities. The research concludes with trends and lessons as well as recommendations for Lima and other developing cities with similar patterns of segregation. Therefore, strengthening land-use planning would highly improve urban governance and long-term planning in communities while raising awareness in the disaster risk management approach.