Preventive Resettlement of Populations at Risk of Disaster - GFDRR

9. Lessons Learned During the Relocation Process ........................................................................................... 54
References ................................................................................................................................................................... 57
Chapter 5
Colombia: Nueva Esperanza: A Resettlement Case with Risk Management
and Land Use Planning Approach
Narzha Poveda Gómez
A. Country Context ................................................................................................................................................... 59
1. Population ............................................................................................................................................................ 59
2. Disaster Risk Management................................................................................................................................. 60
3. The National Emergency Relief and Prevention System................................................................................ 61
4. Incorporation of Risk Prevention in Development Planning ....................................................................... 62
5. Financing Risk Management ............................................................................................................................. 62
6. Resettlement: A Risk Prevention and Reduction Strategy............................................................................. 62
B. Capital District of Bogotá.................................................................................................................................. 63
1. Population Growth and Settlement Patterns................................................................................................... 63
2. Main Hazards........................................................................................................................................................ 64
3. Risk Management and the Bogotá District Emergency Prevention and Relief System ............................ 64
C. Case Study: The Nueva Esperanza Resettlement .................................................................................. 67
1. Studies to Identify the Risk Reduction Measures ........................................................................................... 67
2. Rehabilitation, Reconstruction and Sustainable Development Plan ........................................................... 68
3. Resettlement Program ........................................................................................................................................ 68
4. Impacts of Displacement .................................................................................................................................... 72
5. Institutional Organization.................................................................................................................................. 72
6. Eligibility Criteria and Principles Governing the Resettlement Process .................................................... 73
7. Stages in the Resettlement Process ................................................................................................................... 73
8. Rehabilitation and Restoration of High-risk Lots .......................................................................................... 78
9. Post-Resettlement Stage ..................................................................................................................................... 78
10. Cost ....................................................................................................................................................................... 79
11 Main Challenges .................................................................................................................................................. 79
12. Lessons Learned .................................................................................................................................................. 81
References ................................................................................................................................................................... 82
Bibliography ............................................................................................................................................................... 83
Chapter 6
Guatemala: The First Tz´utujil City of the Twenty-First Century
Eduardo Aguirre Cantero
A. Country Context and Disaster Risk Management ................................................................................ 85
1. Population, Cultural Diversity and Exclusion ................................................................................................ 85
2. Hazards, Vulnerability and Risks ...................................................................................................................... 86
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