The Construction of Subnormal Human Settlements in Flooding-affected Places and the Conservation of a Riverbed

https://doi.org/10.25100/prts.v0i15.1113
Keywords:
Human settlement, flooding areas, river, public environmental policies

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Issue: PROSPECTIVA No. 15 (oct-2010)
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Amanda Patricia Amorocho-Pérez Universidad Externado de Colombia.
Abstract

 


This article presents the findings of a study on how a subnormal human settlement was built on a riverbank, in urban Giron Municipality, in Santander Department. An analysis is offered which shows the power relationships exerted by people to seize the land the settlement was built in, ignoring current Colombian public environmental and urban policies.

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Amanda Patricia Amorocho-Pérez, Universidad Externado de Colombia.

Trabajadora Social, Profesora de la Escuela de Trabajo social Universidad Industrial de Santander. Magíster en Estudios de Población, Universidad Externado de Colombia.

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Amorocho-Pérez AP. The Construction of Subnormal Human Settlements in Flooding-affected Places and the Conservation of a Riverbed. Prospectiva [Internet]. 2010 Oct. 1 [cited 2025 Dec. 19];(15):295-328. Available from: https://revistaprospectiva.univalle.edu.co/index.php/prospectiva/article/view/1113
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