Sustainable urban land regularization as a strategy to reduce the vulnerability of alternative urban housing in the context of the climate emergency

Abstract

The climate emergency is a reality that cannot be ignored. Efforts to deal with this issue must therefore be intensified in contexts that combine multiple vulnerabilities and are therefore particularly exposed to the consequences of the global climate crisis, such as alternative and/or resilient urban housing estates. In this context, sustainable urban land regularization emerges as an alternative approach, not only to provide legal security and access to basic services, but also as a socio-territorial policy for urban and human development. The question therefore arises: how can the REURB policy contribute to reducing the environmental vulnerability of alternative urban housing in the context of the climate emergency? Faced with this problem, the aim is to reflect on how sustainable urban land regularization can contribute to mitigating and adapting to climate change and reducing the social vulnerabilities of alternative urban housing, with a view to human development. The methodology used was a qualitative review of national and international literature. The main conclusion is that REURB can be configured as a climate adaptation strategy, as long as it is planned holistically, recognizing informality as a legitimate form of social space production, and observing valid popular participation as a non-negotiable methodological presupposition.