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Volume 2
Environment Pollution and Climate Change
ISSN: 2573-458X
Climate Change 2018 &
Global ENVITOX 2018
October 04-06, 2018
October 04-06, 2018
London, UK
16
th
Annual Meeting on
Environmental Toxicology and Biological Systems
&
5
th
World Conference on
Climate Change
JOINT EVENT
Urban and architectural approaches for an effective climate change adaptation in Latin America
Irene Perez Lopez
and
María del Carmen Varela Martínez
Pan-American Observatory of Landscape, Territory and Architecture (OPPTA), Spain
S
ince 2011, Pan-American Observatory of Landscape, Territory and Architecture (OPPTA) works simultaneously on risk
cause by the impacts of climate change and natural hazards in five Latin American cities. The number of unexpected and
unprecedented effects of climate change and natural disasters affecting the Latin-American sub-continent in a short period of
time motivated OPPTA to develop a concurrent methodology of research proposals and action to approach infrastructural,
architectural, landscape and social actions, improving living condition, minimizing vulnerability and promoting the resilience
of cities and communities. The proposed methodology is based on the development of five programs: active debates,
competition, priority action, WikiPan and publications, which deal respectively with: research, design and implementation
of projects, and the creation of an open database and publications to disseminate the results. This methodology settles
mechanisms and processes to work through a multidisciplinary and transnational network along Europe and America,
involving researchers, professionals and institutions, of both public and private sector. The aim of this research includes the
study of risk and its associated problems to identify patterns, concurrencies and differences at the technical, infrastructural
and political (identification of public policies and governance in Latin America) level. Among the 12 initial candidates, five
sites have been selected: Chimalhuacán (Mexico), Lima (Peru), Puerto Saavedra (Chile), San Cristobal (Colombia) and
Petropolis (Brazil). The particular context and specific problems associated to each site stimulate a simultaneous search for
common solutions to ensure an effective adaptation. As a result, the technical proposals were implemented throughout the
Priority Action Programme, which incorporates sustainable and resilient development plans and project; design of public
infrastructures to minimize vulnerability; networks of resilience green-public areas; organization of educational programs
and citizen participation with regards to urban agriculture and horticulture, waste and water management; etcetera, to ensure
mitigation and endangered environment preservation.
Irene Perez Lopez et al., Environ Pollut Climate Change 2018, Volume 2
DOI: 10.4172/2573-458X-C1-002