Rethinking infrastructure networks as a mechanism to address urban metabolic crises, social inequality and poverty

• Autor: Ortega Salinas, Luis Enrique
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2022
• Institución: Universidad Nacional de Frontera
• Repositorio: UNF-Aypate
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:ojs2.aypate.revista.unf.edu.pe:article/8
• Enlace del recurso: https://revistas.unf.edu.pe/index.php/aypate/article/view/8
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Infraestructura; metabolismo urbano; servicios esenciales; recursos; Infrastructure; urban metabolism; essential services; resources

Today, when conventional technologies for the provision of essential services, based on monopolistic and centralized solutions, show their association with processes of environmental degradation, depredation of natural resources, poverty and social exclusion, a window of opportunity appears to rethink the frameworks through which the technologies that support cities should be analyzed, inviting us to review the imaginary of the "technological ideal of modern infrastructure" and re-evaluate alternative socio-technical configurations for the provision of these services. Globally, the scale of social and environmental problems exceeds current government response capacities. The structural scope seems to show the ineffectiveness of Tecnologías conventional technological mechanisms to solve these problems. To deal with this scenario, adaptation mechanisms to new urban problems are a priority, just as living organisms adapt and evolve to better adjust to the environment, it is necessary to seek technological and social adaptation mechanisms that allow efficient and equitably available resources. Housing constitutes the main built component of cities, therefore an intervention mechanism of rapid execution and great impact is to make technological modifications in housing that determine substantial changes in its configuration and operation, in order to achieve the harmonious integration of ties. with the natural environment and at the same time a decent, safe and above all equitable human habitat is guaranteed.