Monday, June 21, 2010
Director: Gualtiero Vecellio
Design wreck and needed a complete overhaul Building and Urban Affairs in the Southern reality, lowering the risk of the effects of an earthquake
• By Xavier De Morelli
Saturday and Sunday, 19 and 20 June 2010 at the Hotel Eurolido Falerna (Cz), took the extraordinary general meeting of the Association Radical Calabria. Among other speakers were: Goofy Callipo (entrepreneur, former candidate for President of the Regional Council of Calabria), Federico Cermak (National Treasurer Arcigay), Xavier De Morelli (National Committee of Radicals Italian), Fernanda Gigliotti (National Assembly PD), James Gullo (Secretary General of Provincial Police UGL, Vibo Valentia), Doris Lo Moro (deputy secretary of the Democratic Party and the Constitutional Affairs Committee of the Chamber of Deputies), Phil Motta (Municipal Council of Nocera Terinese) Laura Raffaeli (president of Blindsight Project Onlus); Zavattieri Xavier (national secretary of Socialist America - PSI).
were presented and discussed five reports:
Tears of Asbestos fiber killer lurks everywhere for the slowness of institutions and delays in land reclamation, while the effects on human health are increasingly dramatic. By Salvatore Moscato and Marco Marchese.
Civil Rights, civil unions and secular state: between the Inquisition and privileges for a few wear inequalities between the citizens of this country. Edited by Richard Christian.
DISABILITY 'and disabled from the safety on the roads to the domestic. By Laura Raphael.
Design wreck and needed a complete overhaul Building and Urban Affairs in southern reality, lowering the risk of the effects of an earthquake. Edited by Xavier De Morelli.
NDRANGHETA: a mafia that has happened in a few years became one of the most powerful and dangerous in the world, the acknowledgment must go to the full awareness. By Mark Marquez.
on "Radical News on 18 June we published the report of Laura Raffaelli on Disability and disabled from the safety on the roads to the domestic." Today we publish the report of De Xavier Morelli on "Designing wreck and needed a complete overhaul Building and Urban Affairs in the Southern reality, lowering the risk of the effects of an earthquake."
This report will not only describe the statistics of a hypothetical question that the Calabria region in several urban and environmental points of view is presented as dramatically inefficient, ma auspica di realizzare un ancor più ambizioso obiettivo, quello di aprire, finalmente, un dibattito tanto scomodo quanto delicato sull’ampio panorama d’illegalità che la mala politica, insieme alla “mala” tradizionale, ha fatto proprie anche in ambito edilizio, causando situazioni difficilmente riparabili.
Prima di affrontare il cuore della questione aggredendone il lato politico, dobbiamo porre una fondamentale premessa:
La Calabria, vista la propria posizione geografica e la delicata conformazione geomorfologica è la regione d’Italia proporzionalmente più esposta al rischio sismico. Il 74% dei comuni sul territorio, infatti, sono inseriti in the scale of maximum danger. Added to this is that 71% of residential buildings are built before the first anti-seismic regulations in 1974.
You do not need too many interpretations to the conclusion that three-quarters of the population lives in Calabria a serious risk, exacerbated by the presence in the territory of a huge number of old towns that it belongs to enrich the land in many ways of view in this exhibition, on which I will not, on the other there is to be recorded that the level of decay of these old towns is alarming and represents an additional risk factor against the occurrence of a seismic event.
the situation must be added and taken into account as part of the existing buildings, the situation of a region that is lost each year by ten thousand (10,000) to fifteen thousand (15,000) inhabitants, and this figure is supported by a steady fall from 'overseas generally already have a house than the housing market that keeps pace but every year that build rooms that can accommodate from twenty thousand (20,000) to thirty thousand (30,000) people.
The situation of the city of Cosenza and surrounding municipalities (Rende and Montalto Uffugo), is indicative: the resident population of these three municipalities from 2003 to 2008 remained virtually unchanged but were constructed in a period even shorter, rooms that can accommodate over 20,000 people. This is a phenomenon that hides behind much more than mere speculation, resulting in an occupation of territory and impressive public spaces.
Ultimately we see a hyper Calabria - cementified by constructions of low quality, most dangerous and largely unfair. The disturbing situation, which unfortunately is linked perfectly with this drama is another:
an earthquake of moderate size is as strong or as likely opened in the near future. We do not know when it will happen, what may be strong, do not even know what area exactly will hit, but it is reasonable to believe that unfortunately happen.
The earthquake is the only primary factor with which they come dangerously report all critical first announced, about the building system, which would otherwise just a matter of law or at the most scenic construction. But there are other equally dangerous scenarios and spatial instability in this region, I will not go into technical merit, but it is good to list some of the most frequent natural disasters and potentially destructive:
- The hydrogeological risk related to the problem Landslides and flooding are major shows, only in the last two years have been well recorded in Calabria 550 landslides causing disasters and hardships still tangible, families and forced the evacuation today still homeless. A risk that involves almost all towns in Calabria, and then he can not take second place.
- The tsunami risk not just referring to the earthquake but also to the presence of the volcano in the Tyrrhenian Marsili, the largest underwater volcano in Europe and defined by experts as potentially at risk due to the instability of the wall surface. Any "tidal wave" off the coast of the Tyrrhenian Cosenza (latitude which is estimated to be at the volcano) would seriously threaten the existence of the seaside towns of fifty common and at least 100,000.
With this first phase of our work we gave a short but clear overview about the housing situation in our region, emphasizing how the "bad buildings" to prevail positioned in urban downgrading also constructed in a workmanlike and reshape the character of entire cities in abusive schemes and lack of quality. We then highlighted the major risks to which the ill construction, associated with these urban policies are exposed in an area subject to natural delicate situations and unstable.
From this fact a first, almost instinctive conclusion is possible: the urban planning Calabrian regional, provincial and municipal levels, though mutilated and almost non-existent, never taking into account the seismic, geological and hydrogeological addition, the guidelines targeted national and theoretically rigorous, and any directive of smaller institutions have always been easily circumvented partitocratica with the complicity of the political system of patronage. Only the approval of the recent regional law "Earthquake" (Regional Law 35/2009) introduces a new element, but everything to prove in practice, being a reorganization proceedings, and in any case delayed in its implementation, the new regional council, for problems of funds and personnel, indefinitely.
This consideration applies not only to the recent past but also, dramatically, for the present, where he witnessed the emergence of common everyday facts and crimes related to illegal construction.
That said, the first thing to ask, just as concerned agencies and institutions are looking at the issues: what plans, programs and arrangements are being implemented in Calabria, but also broaden the whole south, to meet a common risk factor, and so serious scale?
The role of the National Civil Protection would be relatively small, but unfortunately it is about this institution that we have to make the most dramatic finding.
No specific program for the prevention of seismic, geological and hydrogeological has ever been launched in recent years by the Civil Defence for Calabria. Apparently I've never even been provided for serious plans for this region. The website is useless www.protezionecivilecalabria.it disarming, no detailed strategic post-earthquake, no mapping of risk areas, no reference to the geological problem, no organizational involvement with other local authorities.
The only consistent with moderate activity by the Civil Defence regarding a possible risk of the buildings is the fake practical simulation of evacuations in offices and public schools. But more often than not these practices are carried out by teams equipped and skilled, but often are delegated to internal staff to the schools, with minimal training and low professionalism that makes the whole procedure useless, failing to give the state the right the right degree of seriousness and severity.
We realize then how these things so far raise the level of concern exponentially if the simple problems integriamo l’assoluta negligenza e quasi totale assenza degli enti governativi. La linea emergente, ammesso che ce ne sia una, sembra essere quella limitativa alla gestione dell’emergenza dopo che questa sia già scaturita e non alla prevenzione del danno naturale.
E’ sconcertante costatare che nessun ente di governo si ponga il problema di come gestire un’inaugurabile emergenza che si riferisce alla sicurezza dei fabbricati e come nessuna città calabrese si sia dotata di un completo piano di evacuazione. E’ inammissibile che nessuna grande o piccola città abbia predisposto zone dedicate all’immediato soccorso, attrezzandole a questo scopo.
Come purtroppo sappiamo l’evento seismic, geological and hydrogeological is certainly not limited to the moment of the earthquake, landslide or dell'esondazione, becomes even more important from the point of view of emergency management, just program the return of the same: to understand, then, what to do in the next few days, as logistically able to move, how and where to treat the survivors, who and how to engage in relief operations.
This situation is perhaps worse-looking accident, that is the absolute lack of training of the citizen to deal with any natural hazard, because they are quite certain that almost any Calabrese is never been told how to behave in an emergency earthquake or other natural disasters, where to go and how to help.
We therefore now integrated with dramatic clarity the view of the risks to the political and governmental, sadly realizing that the latter is probably more shocking than the first. The conclusion is that a region such as Calabria is not prepared even to perceive the seriousness of situations where there is play in the lives of thousands of citizens.
E 'need for a radical reform of the building thrived.
return to that figure, perhaps understated the past, which tells us that as many as 71% of volume produced and inhabited the entire country was built before 1974, and before the first anti-seismic regulations. We can conclude that around 1,200,000 people now live in homes not up to standard, only in Calabria. In addition to these compartments built up areas indicate that PAI-risk geological and hydrogeological going to aggravate an already critical situation.
The only way to deal with the reality of this size is to my mind immediately initiate steps to reform the housing system. We must first create awareness among all those involved in the construction process, from small to large private entrepreneurs, the business is not only result of the construction of new buildings, and create opportunities for economic and bureaucratic decision makers to make the existing rule.
For new buildings but there is an urgent need to integrate the practice of "Scrap Building", it is clear that there is no use to increase the volume so much built in small towns than in big cities. Provide concrete opportunities for those who decide to build a house rather than demanding a building or just a small private residence with the old one and replacing it already exists. A not so constructed as complementary to the existing unfortunately it is usually understood in an urban practice, but built on the site of the existing. Scrap therefore also to self-regulation and intervention, in order to give feasibility to those in real need by reducing the phenomenon Speculators and present and visible in big cities than in smaller centers. But above all, implementing a proper balance of dangerous buildings and thus a reduction of percentage of population at risk.
must realistically take into account that the resistance to these positions will be many and clear. It is an unknown factor, in fact, the turnover that still moves the particular building system in Calabria, representing a large chunk of the entire regional production. It will not be easy to demolish a reality so well established and continuously fed by the interests of organized crime operating in this area by tradition and interests ranging from recycling to reinvest large sums brought within the legal circuit.
There is, however, not only for the reasons set out above, an urgent need for concrete action on the current situation with a New National Development Planning Act, unable to leave it to the now obsolete in 1942 the entire jurisdiction in the territory national. Here again there must be a radical mobilization, a laboratory regulatory and proactive, able to offer the government a proposal that does not merely an adaptation of the law but which could act as a starting point for a new law. And it is from Calabria, the issues described so far, the emerging risk factors (common to many other regions, but certainly in this country for representative volumes and proportions), which need to start. Offer ideas for creating special committees and action plans. We radicals Calabria, first we should hold high the volume of the debate and involve people who for years has been involved in the urban sector in a speculative alternative to the system.
But I can not finish without groped to propose a course of action from the point of view of management of any emergency. You should speak first of all in the process of training and education of individuals is, in fact, essential that everyone involved in the immediacy and the medium and long term in a natural disaster knows how to move in order to safeguard their health and try to be helpful to others.
must begin by local authorities. It should be up to them to train and organize areas of land suitable for first aid and hospitalization. We should ask the government to intervene in this regional context, but, knowing the likely climate of indifference, let us responsibility to contact each municipality, Calabria in order to address the issue and provide the necessary answers.
Addressing the reality described is certainly not encouraging, perhaps you can have the feeling of not knowing where to put their hands and perhaps, as institutions are distant and negligent may seem justified by the fact that our young radicals, they can not affect immediately in a decisive way, we could just stay on the sidelines as appropriate. But I believe that these lines have a crucial first step has been achieved, namely to open a debate, turning up the volume to a deafening silence that reigns on these sensitive issues. Our task must be soprattutto questo: dare conoscenza e consapevolezza al cittadino, dirgli che spesso non va tutto bene come ci dicono. Ripeterlo con forza perché il regime partitocratico non possa assuefarci ancor più di quanto ha già fatto, non possa farlo anche quando in gioco c’è la nostra sicurezza.
Dibattere e proporre sono dunque i primi fondamentali compiti, sperando e cercando naturalmente compagni di lotta, persone singole, gruppi politici e organizzazioni che possano farsi carico insieme con noi di una realtà di cose che deve cambiare.
L’augurio è che da quest’assemblea possa nascere interesse e coinvolgimento, in modo da non lasciare al vento le problematiche described but cope with the neighborhood and help of those who feel, even before a representative of a political group, a Calabrian free and conscious.
