#OlotMésBregeneración urbana integrada y participada de Sant Miquel
- Jon Aguirre‐Such
- Jorge Arévalo
- Iñaki Romero
- Pilar Diaz 1
- Guillermo Acero
- Ícaro Obeso Muñiz
- 1 Paisaje Transversal
Publisher: Asociación de Geográfos Españoles
Year of publication: 2017
Pages: 878-887
Congress: Congreso de Geógrafos Españoles (25. 2017. Madrid)
Type: Conference paper
Abstract
In 2014 Paisaje Transversal developed an urban resilience project in Olot, a city of around 35,000 inhabitants in Catalonia situated 50km from Girona. We were initially contacted by the Olot municipality at the end of 2013 for a pilot program, and we carried out the project from May 2014 through the end of the year. The municipality wanted to plan and take action in the areas of highest vulnerability, so the neighborhood of Saint Miquel‐Les Tries was selected to start. The mixture of immigrant groups, a network of community associations, and the diversity of buildings and landscape provided a great opportunity for regeneration, enrichment and improved quality of life. Through two phases of the project – (1) participatory diagnosis and (2) prioritization, construction, collaboration, and visibilization of proposals –, participatory and transdisciplinary processes remained at the forefront. The opportunity presented to us by the Olot municipality enabled us to employ INPAR as a tool to assess qualitative and quantitative data on sustainability indicators and resident opinions. Furthermore, the end result of the pilot was not only low‐cost and easy to implement, but also flexible, testable, and adaptable, in line with the philosophy of beta permanente.