La reconstrucción inconclusa en el proceso de desastre : Estudio de La Montaña, Guerrero, México

Abstract

Guerrero presented severe damage to housing, equipment, infrastructure, environment, and productive base after the passage of storms Ingrid and Manuel in September 2013, so the government implemented the New Guerrero Plan for reconstruction. The La Montaña region, which is characterized by the poverty of its inhabitants and by being where most of the state's Indigenous population lives, concentrated a large part of the fatalities and damages, due to its conditions of vulnerability, environmental deterioration, and institutional abandonment, which derive from the development model. We assume that reconstruction is part of the disaster, and it is important because when it is done with a view to redirecting development, it allows reducing vulnerability and creating safer environments to reduce future disasters. In this text we analyze the reconstruction process promoted by the government, characterized by the incorporation of designs from outside the region, which contrasts with other forms of reconstruction implemented by civil associations based on local needs. We found that official reconstruction is limited to the material replacement of buildings while civil associations also seek to empower communities and comprehensively improve their living conditions.