Construcción y refuerzo de la vulnerabilidad en dos espacios marginales de Lima

Abstract

The Margen Izquierda of Río Rímac (MIRR) sector, known as Cerro El Agustino, symbolizes the first popular and informal neighborhoods of Lima. The precarious habitat, the various forms of marginality as well as a strong exposure to the natural and/or anthropomorphic hazards, are some characteristics of those spaces at risk. From the point of view of the inhabitants as well for the public authorities, these spaces are stood represent a marked risk, which varies according to the purposes and the interests of each one. The implications analysis of these representations, in particular through the attempted actions against risks, brings out the elements needed to understand the resulting processes of construction and reinforcement in response to vulnerabilitiy. Institutional factors and government forms of these urban spaces appear as keys factors of the construction of vulnerability

Keywords

• vulnerability
• spaces at risk
• representation
• policy of risk management