La construction du risque urbain en périphérie nord-est de Cuzco (Pérou)
In the ancient capital of the Inca Empire, Cuzco, the steep slopes have been occupied by poor inhabitants who didn’t find anywhere to live in the city center. Localized in a zone of great seismic activity, Cuzco has known two types of disasters in the last decades: earthquakes, like the one of 1950,...
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| description | In the ancient capital of the Inca Empire, Cuzco, the steep slopes have been occupied by poor inhabitants who didn’t find anywhere to live in the city center. Localized in a zone of great seismic activity, Cuzco has known two types of disasters in the last decades: earthquakes, like the one of 1950, that deplaced the population to the peripheries without planning; and landslides, which since the 1980’s, destroyed the adobe houses occupied by a majority of indian and mestizo population. Wouldn’t the Earth Mother, The Pacha Mama, come back, to exact revenge, after seeing the results of men’s urbanisation? In the first part, this article explains how the uncontrolled urban expansion has led to the construction of risk in the peripheries of Cuzco ; then, in the second part, we detail strategies developed by the quechua-speaking inhabitants and mestizos who are looking for cheaper housing prices on the high risk slopes ; finally, we examine examine contradictory positions of the authorities at diferent levels ( civil defense, municipality...), and the representation of risk made by the inhabitants within the context the quechua culture. We conclude by considering the strategies of the actors to mitigate the risk and improve its management. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a6869061683943c3adb08a139cb231692024-02-14T16:33:09ZspaInstitut Français d'Études AndinesBulletin de l'Institut Français d'Études Andines0303-74952076-58272007-07-013625927610.4000/bifea.3870La construction du risque urbain en périphérie nord-est de Cuzco (Pérou)Nicolas ReyIn the ancient capital of the Inca Empire, Cuzco, the steep slopes have been occupied by poor inhabitants who didn’t find anywhere to live in the city center. Localized in a zone of great seismic activity, Cuzco has known two types of disasters in the last decades: earthquakes, like the one of 1950, that deplaced the population to the peripheries without planning; and landslides, which since the 1980’s, destroyed the adobe houses occupied by a majority of indian and mestizo population. Wouldn’t the Earth Mother, The Pacha Mama, come back, to exact revenge, after seeing the results of men’s urbanisation? In the first part, this article explains how the uncontrolled urban expansion has led to the construction of risk in the peripheries of Cuzco ; then, in the second part, we detail strategies developed by the quechua-speaking inhabitants and mestizos who are looking for cheaper housing prices on the high risk slopes ; finally, we examine examine contradictory positions of the authorities at diferent levels ( civil defense, municipality...), and the representation of risk made by the inhabitants within the context the quechua culture. We conclude by considering the strategies of the actors to mitigate the risk and improve its management.https://journals.openedition.org/bifea/3870risksCuzcosuburbsgovernanceanthropology |
| spellingShingle | Nicolas Rey La construction du risque urbain en périphérie nord-est de Cuzco (Pérou) Bulletin de l'Institut Français d'Études Andines risks Cuzco suburbs governance anthropology |
| title | La construction du risque urbain en périphérie nord-est de Cuzco (Pérou) |
| title_full | La construction du risque urbain en périphérie nord-est de Cuzco (Pérou) |
| title_fullStr | La construction du risque urbain en périphérie nord-est de Cuzco (Pérou) |
| title_full_unstemmed | La construction du risque urbain en périphérie nord-est de Cuzco (Pérou) |
| title_short | La construction du risque urbain en périphérie nord-est de Cuzco (Pérou) |
| title_sort | la construction du risque urbain en peripherie nord est de cuzco perou |
| topic | risks Cuzco suburbs governance anthropology |
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