The Geo-Social Model: A Transdisciplinary Approach to Flow-Type Landslide Analysis and Prevention

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dc.contributor.authorAcuna, Valentina
dc.contributor.authorRoldan, Francisca
dc.contributor.authorTironi, Manuel
dc.contributor.authorJuzam, Leila
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-20T23:51:51Z
dc.date.available2025-01-20T23:51:51Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractLandslide disaster risks increase worldwide, particularly in urban areas. To design and implement more effective and democratic risk reduction programs, calls for transdisciplinary approaches have recently increased. However, little attention has been paid to the actual articulation of transdisciplinary methods and their associated challenges. To fill this gap, we draw on the case of the 1993 Quebrada de Macul disaster, Chile, to propose what we label as the Geo-Social Model. This experimental methodology aims at integrating recursive interactions between geological and social factors configuring landslide for more robust and inclusive analyses and interventions. It builds upon three analytical blocks or site-specific environments in constant co-determination: (1) The geology and geomorphology of the study area; (2) the built environment, encompassing infrastructural, urban, and planning conditions; and (3) the sociocultural environment, which includes community memory, risk perceptions, and territorial organizing. Our results are summarized in a geo-social map that systematizes the complex interactions between the three environments that facilitated the Quebrada de Macul flow-type landslide. While our results are specific to this event, we argue that the Geo-Social Model can be applied to other territories. In our conclusions, we suggest, first, that landslides in urban contexts are often the result of anthropogenic disruptions of natural balances and systems, often related to the lack of place-sensitive urban planning. Second, that transdisciplinary approaches are critical for sustaining robust and politically effective landslide risk prevention plans. Finally, that inter- and trans-disciplinary approaches to landslide risk prevention need to be integrated into municipal-level planning for a better understanding of-and prevention of-socio-natural hazards.
dc.fuente.origenWOS
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/su13052501
dc.identifier.eissn2071-1050
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.3390/su13052501
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/94865
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:000628641500001
dc.issue.numero5
dc.language.isoen
dc.revistaSustainability
dc.rightsacceso restringido
dc.subjectgeo-social model
dc.subjectlandslide
dc.subjecttransdisciplinarity
dc.subjectcommunity-based approach
dc.subjectintegrated research
dc.subjecthuman induced landslides
dc.subjectgeo-social map
dc.subject.ods13 Climate Action
dc.subject.odspa13 Acción por el clima
dc.titleThe Geo-Social Model: A Transdisciplinary Approach to Flow-Type Landslide Analysis and Prevention
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen13
sipa.indexWOS
sipa.trazabilidadWOS;2025-01-12
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