THE TERRITORIAL ORDERING IN THE METROPOLITAN AREA OF SOUTH-CENTRAL CALDAS IN THE CONTEXT OF CLIMATE CHANGE
The territorial ordering in the metropolitan area of south-central Caldas in the context of climate change

Author(s): Jaime Mejía Gutiérrez
Subject(s): Geography, Regional studies
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: land use planning; climate change; public policy; governance; altitudinal planning
Summary/Abstract: This paper presents the initial preparations of a research that covers the municipalities of Manizales, Neira, Chinchiná, Palestine, Villamaría, in the perspective of strengthening organizational mechanisms that affect the territorial development, planning, management, emphasizing the context of climate change as an unavoidable phenomenon and affecting the common good. In order to meet the objectives of sustainability, the urgency of public policy for the prevention of disasters as a total promoter, defense and materialization of human rights, the state must seek policies for adaptation, mitigation, rehabilitation and reconstruction of public environmental goods, which support the viability and permanence of essential public services. The hypothesis: “It is not only that we do not know our environment, that we have been culturally, spiritually, intellectually alienated for centuries; it is that the model is untouchable, it is not negotiable, and the price is paid by those who are worst off with what they have been left: the lives of those who leave in the peripheries, in the suburbs. It seems to us that the model is a dangerous thing. With Nature we can live together, be part of it, behave like one of its many projects, understand it, learn the language of birds, read the messages of Mother Earth”. The research question is: how to interpret environmental governance in the inclusion of an organizational instrument that will determine the allocation of resources to face, especially in territorial planning, climate change? The action-research is supported by community panels of experts and authorities on the political proposal of a metropolitan area, which involves territorial planning and management in the face of climate change.

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