PLANIFICACIÓN COSTERA

Estudio Comparado de Instrumentos de Planificación Territorial

Abstract

If there is a global territory that could be defined as paradigmatic in terms of its continuous transformations, it is undoubtedly the coastal zone. In the case of Chile, the coastal zone has undergone profound socio-territorial transformations as a result of anthropisation processes that have accelerated the exposure of human settlements to natural hazards and the degradation of their ecosystems. In this context, the present paper aims to explore, through a literature review, some of the main theoretical approaches currently guiding coastal planning.

At the same time, through a comparative study, it seeks to analyse a coastal planning instrument in Chile with an instrument recognised as international good practice. The results show that the coastal planning instruments in Chile do not integrate some of these main approaches, as their response is ineffective in the face of the current challenges facing the coastal zone.