Publication: Integrando técnicas de Trabajo de procesos en los conflictos asociados al riesgo de inundación.
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Ballester, Alba ; Artigas, Teresa ; Piñeiro, Conchi
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Ateneo de Estudios Políticos (ACEP)
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El incremento de daños por inundación en las últimas décadas y las previsiones de aumento de los fenómenos meteorológicos extremos debido al cambio climático, que supondrían mayores daños a futuro, hacen necesario encontrar un modelo de gestión de inundaciones que dé una respuesta eficaz al escenario planteado. Diversas directivas, reglamentos y tratados a escala internacional están incluyendo la restauración fluvial, y en particular las soluciones basadas en la naturaleza, como una de las claves del cambio de enfoque en la gestión del riesgo de inundaciones. No obstante, la incorporación de estas medidas suscita diversidad de opiniones y conlleva impactos sociales, económicos y emocionales, que inevitablemente implican la aparición o agravamiento de conflictos entre las distintas partes interesadas. Estos conflictos se convierten en el mayor escollo para la efectiva implementación de los procesos de restauración para la mitigación del riesgo de inundaciones. Sin embargo, raramente encontramos espacios de diálogo encaminados a la exploración de las distintas visiones, comprensión de diferentes opiniones y transformación de conflictos, sino más bien espacios de participación de carácter productivo, es decir, enfocados en el desarrollo de propuestas más o menos consensuadas para ser integradas en planes o programas; o espacios que surgen desde el activismo y la movilización como reacción social ante intervenciones de las Administraciones Públicas. En este artículo defendemos la necesidad de complementar la participación pública con espacios que nos permitan relacionarnos con el conflicto desde otros lugares y que tengan potencial de transformarlos. Esto es especialmente relevante en el caso de los riesgos naturales, en tanto que atañen a la supervivencia de las personas, tienen mucha incertidumbre asociada y en consecuencia son contextos en los que los conflictos suelen agravarse. Presentamos los resultados preliminares de un caso experimental de transformación del conflicto promovido en el marco de la Estrategia Ebro Resilience en el Tramo Medio del río Ebro. Nuestro análisis muestra cambios significativos actitudinales y relacionales entre las personas participantes, y refuerza la importancia de los resultados no tangibles para los procesos de transformación de conflictos.
Abstract: The increase in flood damage in recent decades and the projections of an increase in extreme weather events due to climate change, which would lead to greater damage in the future, make necessary to find a flood management approach that provides an effective response to the aforementioned scenario. Various directives, regulations and treaties at international level are including river restoration, and in particular nature-based solutions, as one of the keys for changing the flood risk management approach. However, the incorporation of these measures raises a diversity of opinions and entails social, economic and emotional impacts, which inevitably involve the emergence or aggravation of conflicts between different stakeholders. These conflicts become the major stumbling block to the effective implementation of flood risk mitigation restoration processes. However, we rarely find spaces for dialogue aimed at exploring different visions, understanding different opinions and transforming conflicts, but spaces of a productive nature, focused on the development of more or less consensual proposals to be integrated into plans or programmes; or spaces that arise from activism and mobilisation as a social reaction to interventions by public administrations. In this article we argue for the need to complement public participation with spaces that allow us to relate to conflict from other places and that have the potential to transform it. This is especially relevant in the case of natural hazards, insofar they concern people's survival, involve a lot of uncertainty, and consequently are contexts in which conflicts are often exacerbated. We present the preliminary results of a pilot case of conflict transformation promoted in the framework of the Ebro Resilience Strategy in the Middle stretch of the Ebro River. Our analysis shows significant attitudinal and relational changes among participants and reinforces the importance of non-tangible outcomes for conflict transformation processes.
Abstract: The increase in flood damage in recent decades and the projections of an increase in extreme weather events due to climate change, which would lead to greater damage in the future, make necessary to find a flood management approach that provides an effective response to the aforementioned scenario. Various directives, regulations and treaties at international level are including river restoration, and in particular nature-based solutions, as one of the keys for changing the flood risk management approach. However, the incorporation of these measures raises a diversity of opinions and entails social, economic and emotional impacts, which inevitably involve the emergence or aggravation of conflicts between different stakeholders. These conflicts become the major stumbling block to the effective implementation of flood risk mitigation restoration processes. However, we rarely find spaces for dialogue aimed at exploring different visions, understanding different opinions and transforming conflicts, but spaces of a productive nature, focused on the development of more or less consensual proposals to be integrated into plans or programmes; or spaces that arise from activism and mobilisation as a social reaction to interventions by public administrations. In this article we argue for the need to complement public participation with spaces that allow us to relate to conflict from other places and that have the potential to transform it. This is especially relevant in the case of natural hazards, insofar they concern people's survival, involve a lot of uncertainty, and consequently are contexts in which conflicts are often exacerbated. We present the preliminary results of a pilot case of conflict transformation promoted in the framework of the Ebro Resilience Strategy in the Middle stretch of the Ebro River. Our analysis shows significant attitudinal and relational changes among participants and reinforces the importance of non-tangible outcomes for conflict transformation processes.
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Pensamiento al margen: revista digital de ideas políticas, n. 20, 2024, p. 122-138.
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