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Environment and Urbanization, Vol. 8, No. 1, 21-34 (1996)
DOI: 10.1177/095624789600800102
© 1996 International Institute for Environment and Development

Innovative urban environmental management in Ilo, Peru

Doris Balvín Díaz

José Luis López Follegatti

Micky Hordijk

Labor, Jr,. Abtao 607, 2 piso, Ilo, Peru. Tel: 00-51-54-781816; fax: 00-51-54-781208/labor{at}labor.pe

This paper describes how the local authorities and population of a small city in Peru addressed the environmental problems they faced from a large copper mine, the fishmeal industry and a lack of basic investment in infrastructure. It shows how an innovative and committed local council was able to work with the industrial concerns and the inhabitants in developing a long-range plan to reduce industrial pollution and to improve housing conditions and the living environment through support for community organization and self-help in both new and established low-income settlements. Strong local democracy proved to be a key factor in this success.


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