This paper explores the problems of human settlement in the Mapocho river floodplain, now that a decontamination process was carried. The author criticizes the city spreading over the river, and the inconsistencies in the municipality planning.
Keywords:
Human settlement, Mapocho river floodplain, river pollution.
Author Biography
Félix Salinas Díaz, Universidad de Chile
Estudiante de pregrado de Arquitectura en Seminario de Investigación en Urbanismo en el Departamento de Urbanismo de la F.A.U. de la Universidad de Chile.
Salinas Díaz, F. (2010). Human settlement on the Mapocho river basin: pollution, river interruption and contradictions in the municipal planning. Revista De Urbanismo, (23). https://doi.org/10.5354/ru.v0i23.11185