Introduction
Urban Emergencies
The Faculty of Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences from the Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) in the Netherlands is carrying out a research on post disaster urban responses. This pilot project has been initiated in order to find ways in which urban tools and understandings concerning urbanization processes and urban vitality can contribute to the ongoing development efforts regarding the reconstruction and redevelopment phase. The project has been setup with a three month on field mapping and analyses period to take place between March and May 2009, followed up by a 6-week postproduction phase culminating in a symposium and publication. A total of 18 students will work in groups of 3, in 6 different countries; El Salvador, Venezuela, Indonesia, Philippines, Ghana and Bangladesh, focusing on various aspects (e.g. material, architectural, spatial, organizational, socio-economical, cultural, etc). This is in order to gather more information about cultural influences on architecture and urbanism, especially in the natural disaster responses. For more information about Urban Emergencies and to download the Project Outline of the pilot, please visit the website at www.urbanemergencies.org.
Case study group El Salvador
Our group consists out of three members: B.B Olde Bijvank, D. Duif and W. Pocornie. We all followed the Bachelor course at the University of Delft. We are motivated to make this pilot a success, learn and exchange information with the established network and most of all contribute as much as possible to the ongoing practice of post disaster urban responses.
Contents of Project Plan
This document contains passages out of the Project Plan and is meant to introduce ourselves and to inform possible network contacts about our research. Currently we are in the field research phase, we aim to update our work and network as much as possible. We keep a blog up to date: www.elsalvador-urbanemergencies.blogspot.com
Problem field definition
In the development of the case study, a better understanding of the cultural background is needed. We use ‘The Evolutionary Map’. It consist generic data gathered about the country El Salvador. This information serves as a graphic illustration of the body of knowledge and is flexible which means that it keeps being updated when more data is gathered along the investigation.
It functions as a tool that maps facts and indicates growth, decrease and impacts in different fields of disciplines while simultaneously gives insight about the relations between these disciplines. This way we are able to investigate cultural events while looking for direct links with disasters and urban response processes.
Disciplines, conditions & starting points
In theory the Evolutionary Map could give insight on the entire urbanism context, any event in a period of time, milestones and process. We choose to start of with mapping five main disciplines which could be sub vided in more specific disciplines or areas:
- Natural disasters
- Spatial area
- Economy
- Population
- Political events
First of all the theme is natural disasters, this is our primary discipline for the Evolutionary Map; earthquakes, volcano eruptions, floods, landslides, hurricanes etc. Certain disasters are repetitive, such as floods and mudslides cause by heavy rain. The consequences of one disaster can also be the immediate cause for the next disaster. The other disciplines are spatial area, economy, population and political events. Economy shows us the (financial) development of the nation and cities. Within the population we focus on the population growth and migration. Political events such as wars, demonstrations and the ruling parties are graphically represented in time periods and milestones.
All the general and specific information we gather we will translate to spatial conditions, sub vided in these disciplines. The earthquake of 1986 and the two earthquakes of 2001 are the primary targets in the field of natural disasters, respectively for the case study in Downtown and in Santa Tecla. For the case study in Mejicanos the main focus will be on the vulnerability of the settlements and the repetitiveness of floods and mudslides during the rainy season.
The Faculty of Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences from the Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) in the Netherlands is carrying out a research on post disaster urban responses. This pilot project has been initiated in order to find ways in which urban tools and understandings concerning urbanization processes and urban vitality can contribute to the ongoing development efforts regarding the reconstruction and redevelopment phase. The project has been setup with a three month on field mapping and analyses period to take place between March and May 2009, followed up by a 6-week postproduction phase culminating in a symposium and publication. A total of 18 students will work in groups of 3, in 6 different countries; El Salvador, Venezuela, Indonesia, Philippines, Ghana and Bangladesh, focusing on various aspects (e.g. material, architectural, spatial, organizational, socio-economical, cultural, etc). This is in order to gather more information about cultural influences on architecture and urbanism, especially in the natural disaster responses. For more information about Urban Emergencies and to download the Project Outline of the pilot, please visit the website at www.urbanemergencies.org.
Case study group El Salvador
Our group consists out of three members: B.B Olde Bijvank, D. Duif and W. Pocornie. We all followed the Bachelor course at the University of Delft. We are motivated to make this pilot a success, learn and exchange information with the established network and most of all contribute as much as possible to the ongoing practice of post disaster urban responses.
Contents of Project Plan
This document contains passages out of the Project Plan and is meant to introduce ourselves and to inform possible network contacts about our research. Currently we are in the field research phase, we aim to update our work and network as much as possible. We keep a blog up to date: www.elsalvador-urbanemergencies.blogspot.com
Problem field definition
In the development of the case study, a better understanding of the cultural background is needed. We use ‘The Evolutionary Map’. It consist generic data gathered about the country El Salvador. This information serves as a graphic illustration of the body of knowledge and is flexible which means that it keeps being updated when more data is gathered along the investigation.
It functions as a tool that maps facts and indicates growth, decrease and impacts in different fields of disciplines while simultaneously gives insight about the relations between these disciplines. This way we are able to investigate cultural events while looking for direct links with disasters and urban response processes.
Disciplines, conditions & starting points
In theory the Evolutionary Map could give insight on the entire urbanism context, any event in a period of time, milestones and process. We choose to start of with mapping five main disciplines which could be sub vided in more specific disciplines or areas:
- Natural disasters
- Spatial area
- Economy
- Population
- Political events
First of all the theme is natural disasters, this is our primary discipline for the Evolutionary Map; earthquakes, volcano eruptions, floods, landslides, hurricanes etc. Certain disasters are repetitive, such as floods and mudslides cause by heavy rain. The consequences of one disaster can also be the immediate cause for the next disaster. The other disciplines are spatial area, economy, population and political events. Economy shows us the (financial) development of the nation and cities. Within the population we focus on the population growth and migration. Political events such as wars, demonstrations and the ruling parties are graphically represented in time periods and milestones.
All the general and specific information we gather we will translate to spatial conditions, sub vided in these disciplines. The earthquake of 1986 and the two earthquakes of 2001 are the primary targets in the field of natural disasters, respectively for the case study in Downtown and in Santa Tecla. For the case study in Mejicanos the main focus will be on the vulnerability of the settlements and the repetitiveness of floods and mudslides during the rainy season.
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