Conceptual elements of globalization for risk management in land planning

Abstract

This paper aims to provide some core concepts, to take into account, to present proposals that help to define the use and organization of vulnerable areas against natural threats, this understood in the current context of the economic globalization, which strongly influences the territory planning. These elements will help to strengthen both the theoretical framework and the methodological development to contribute developing urban-regional policies that contribute with risk management. The hypothesis presented for the development of this article, argues that for the current dominant globalization phenomenon, we still can find loopholes where we can overcome the exclusive paradigm this model has established in favor of a territory planning that only caters to the interests of capital reproduction. From the rationale of the local development and from an endogenous position, especially regarding everything related with natural source risk management, we can present sustainable land planning models that consider the views of the affected communities vouching for the preservation of life and assets of the people that are directly involved.