2022 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Virtual Conference
March 13 - 15, 2022
5/24/2021 | 8:30 AM - 10:30 AM | TRACING RESILIENCY INDICATORS IN A FLOOD CONTROL PROJECT: THE CASE OF RIO PIEDRAS-PUERTO NUEVO CHANNELIZATION IN PUERTO RICO | Virtual Platform
TRACING RESILIENCY INDICATORS IN A FLOOD CONTROL PROJECT: THE CASE OF RIO PIEDRAS-PUERTO NUEVO CHANNELIZATION IN PUERTO RICO
Channelization is a drastic intervention on rivers commonly built for flood control. It often negatively impacts the resilience of socioecological systems. In the case of the Río Piedras-Puerto Nuevo flood control project, the proposed design and early construction phases caused concerns about equity and ecological impacts among the civic sectors. As such, we considered valuable to study how resiliency indicators had been included in this project development. Our objectives were to: 1) evaluate the level of participation of different stakeholders in the discussion and decision-making process, 2) evaluate environmental assessment mechanisms and 3) identify if ecological conservation practices were conducted. We studied this case using two approaches: a literature review and interviews to 20 stakeholders. Results show a worsening trend for the socioecological resilience indicators. There was a lack of communication between agencies and citizens, and project discussion was dominated by the technical sector. Environmental studies do not consider tributary streams to be impacted. In the present, the channelization works continue without the inclusion of nature-based designs. Overall, there is an urgent need of re-think traditional responses to flooding and generate management alternatives that promote socioecological resilience.
- Management
- Interdisciplinary
- Urban streams
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Natalia Rodriguez Ortiz
(), University of Puerto Rico , natalia.rodriguez5@upr.edu;
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Alonso Ramírez
(), North Carolina State University, alonso.ramirez@ncsu.edu;
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