Citation

Herrmann-Lunecke MG, Islas PV. Disasters 2019; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Affiliation

Assistant Professor, Laboratorio de Paisaje y Resiliencia Urbana, Universidad Austral de Chile.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/disa.12369

PMID

31231821

Abstract

Urban planning should be a key instrument to reduce the disastrous effects of a tsunami and to enhance community resilience. This study explores to what extent urban planning has addressed resilience to tsunami in four coastal settlements in the south pacific coast of Chile, specifically in reaction to three tsunamis (Valdivia tsunami 1960, Cobquecura tsunami 2010 and Coquimbo tsunami 2015). Through a detailed policy review and semi-structured interviews with residents during 2015, this research analyses whether or not tsunami mitigation policies were incorporated into regional andsol;or local planning tools. This research shows that although after the devastating tsunami of 1960 relocation to tsunami safe areas was proposed in all study cases, urban development continued to occur mainly in tsunami inundation zones within a weak planning framework with lack of community participation. Hence, participatory risk zone planning needs to be incorporated into urban planning to enhance community resilience to tsunami. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

Language: en

Keywords

coastal settlements; community resilience; relocation; risk zoning; tsunami; urban planning