Complexity of improvement

The Riachuelo river in Buenos Aires was considered one of the most polluted watersheds in the world, where industries, sewers and illegal dumping have contaminated the river for over 200 years. Over 8 million people live in the Matanza-Riachuelo Basin, many of which live in informal settlements with...

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Autores principales: Jogefalk, Anna, Kallifatides, Cassandra W.
Formato: First cycle, G2E
Lenguaje:sueco
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Publicado: 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/17832/
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Kallifatides, Cassandra W.
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description The Riachuelo river in Buenos Aires was considered one of the most polluted watersheds in the world, where industries, sewers and illegal dumping have contaminated the river for over 200 years. Over 8 million people live in the Matanza-Riachuelo Basin, many of which live in informal settlements without official waste management, sanitation- or water systems. A rehabilitation project along the riverbanks started in 2006 and a 35-meter strip of the riverbank is turning into a 4.5 km long park along the north side of Riachuelo. This has led to complex consequences such as the relocation of families in informal settlements. Landscape architecture has an obligation to consider effects in a long-term holistic perspective and the aim of this work is to analyse and evaluate the sustainability of the park along Riachuelo within the rehabilitation project, with a focus on marginalized areas, to give a long-term holistic perspective of the project. The method used in this research is based on travelling transect, with pre-travel research, fieldwork on-site and a post-travel where the material was assembled. To evaluate the sustainability of the park, Ekologigruppen’s manual was used with indicators for social, economic and ecological sustainability. The research suggests that the new construction of the park has improved some sustainability aspects but is still insufficient. There has been a neglect of ecological sustainability in the planning of the park which affects both the social and economic dimensions of sustainability and therefore the park cannot be considered to uphold requirements for sustainable development.
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spelling RepoSLU178322022-06-23T01:01:38Z https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/17832/ Complexity of improvement Jogefalk, Anna Kallifatides, Cassandra W. Landscape architecture The Riachuelo river in Buenos Aires was considered one of the most polluted watersheds in the world, where industries, sewers and illegal dumping have contaminated the river for over 200 years. Over 8 million people live in the Matanza-Riachuelo Basin, many of which live in informal settlements without official waste management, sanitation- or water systems. A rehabilitation project along the riverbanks started in 2006 and a 35-meter strip of the riverbank is turning into a 4.5 km long park along the north side of Riachuelo. This has led to complex consequences such as the relocation of families in informal settlements. Landscape architecture has an obligation to consider effects in a long-term holistic perspective and the aim of this work is to analyse and evaluate the sustainability of the park along Riachuelo within the rehabilitation project, with a focus on marginalized areas, to give a long-term holistic perspective of the project. The method used in this research is based on travelling transect, with pre-travel research, fieldwork on-site and a post-travel where the material was assembled. To evaluate the sustainability of the park, Ekologigruppen’s manual was used with indicators for social, economic and ecological sustainability. The research suggests that the new construction of the park has improved some sustainability aspects but is still insufficient. There has been a neglect of ecological sustainability in the planning of the park which affects both the social and economic dimensions of sustainability and therefore the park cannot be considered to uphold requirements for sustainable development. 2022-06-17 First cycle, G2E NonPeerReviewed application/pdf sv https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/17832/1/jogefalk-a-kallifatides-c-w-20220617.pdf Jogefalk, Anna and Kallifatides, Cassandra W., 2022. Complexity of improvement : a sustainability analysis of the park along Riachuelo river connected to marginalized areas in Buenos Aires. First cycle, G2E. Uppsala: (NL, NJ) > Dept. of Urban and Rural Development (LTJ, LTV) > Dept. of Urban and Rural Development <https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/view/divisions/OID-595.html> urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-s-500373 eng
spellingShingle Landscape architecture
Jogefalk, Anna
Kallifatides, Cassandra W.
Complexity of improvement
title Complexity of improvement
title_full Complexity of improvement
title_fullStr Complexity of improvement
title_full_unstemmed Complexity of improvement
title_short Complexity of improvement
title_sort complexity of improvement
topic Landscape architecture
url https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/17832/
https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/17832/