ASENTAMIENTOS AUTOPRODUCIDOS EN EL DESIERTO DEL BAJO PIURA, PERÚ: ENTRE ESCALA EXTRACTIVA Y ESCALA DEL RIESGO.

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Title:	ASENTAMIENTOS AUTOPRODUCIDOS EN EL DESIERTO DEL BAJO PIURA, PERÚ: ENTRE ESCALA EXTRACTIVA Y ESCALA DEL RIESGO.
Alternate Title:	SELF-PRODUCED SETTLEMENTS IN THE BAJO PIURA DESERT, PERU: BETWEEN THE EX- TRACTIVE AND RISK SCALES.
Authors:	CALDAS-TORRES, PATRICIA¹ pcaldas@uni.edu.pe, ARANDA-DIOSES, EDITH² earandad@uni.edu.pe
Source:	Urbano. May2026, Vol. 28 Issue 53, p1-10. 10p.
Subjects:	Squatter settlements, Resource exploitation, Deserts, Climate change, Land tenure, Sustainable development, Hazards
Abstract (English):	This article aims to study the production of space in Bajo Piura, a hybrid (rural-urban) area where the valley and desert intersect, and where extractive dynamics and climate risks converge. The analysis is structured around three analytical categories: extractive scale, risk scale (both approached through the capital-nature relationship), and self-produced settlements. The objective is to analyze how links between capital accumulation, the climate crisis, and habitat self-production manifest under conditions of state deregulation and informal land markets. The mixed-methods approach combines qualitative and socio-spatial perspectives, drawing on semi-structured interviews, cartographic data, and urban–territorial plans. The results reveal that the extractive and risk scales are a product of the conceived space, ignoring community practices amid uncertainty. The planning instruments reinforce this logic, naturalizing risk by proposing areas for capital expansion that stimulate speculation in land markets. In the new rurality, desert refuge settlements exemplify the reappropriation of communal land in line with resilient principles. The study proposes recognizing the Bajo Piura as an intermediate planning unit within a sustainable development framework that considers local environmental culture and the right to a safe territory. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Abstract (Spanish):	El objetivo del artículo es estudiar la producción del espacio en el Bajo Piura, territorio comunal híbrido (rural-urbano) donde se articulan el valle y el desierto y confluyen las dinámicas extractivas y los riesgos climáticos. Se aplican tres categorías de análisis: la escala extractiva, la escala del riesgo (ambas desde la relación capital-naturaleza) y los asentamientos autoproducidos, para examinar cómo se manifiestan los vínculos entre la acumulación del capital, la crisis climática y la autoproducción del hábitat, en condiciones de desregulación estatal y de mercados informales de tierra. La metodología mixta combina el enfoque cualitativo y socioespacial y se basa en entrevistas semiestructuradas y en la revisión de cartografía y de planes urbano-territoriales. Los resultados muestran la escala extractiva y la del riesgo como producto del espacio concebido, ignorando las prácticas comunitarias frente a la incertidumbre. Los instrumentos de planificación respaldan esta lógica y naturalizan el riesgo al proponer áreas de expansión del capital que estimulan la especulación en el mercado de tierras. En la nueva ruralidad, los asentamientos-refugio del desierto manifiestan la reapropiación del territorio comunal según criterios resilientes. Se propone reconocer el territorio del Bajo Piura como unidad intermedia de planificación, en la política de desarrollo sostenible, que considere la cultura ambiental local y el derecho a un territorio seguro. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Abstract:	This article aims to study the production of space in Bajo Piura, a hybrid (rural-urban) area where the valley and desert intersect, and where extractive dynamics and climate risks converge. The analysis is structured around three analytical categories: extractive scale, risk scale (both approached through the capital-nature relationship), and self-produced settlements. The objective is to analyze how links between capital accumulation, the climate crisis, and habitat self-production manifest under conditions of state deregulation and informal land markets. The mixed-methods approach combines qualitative and socio-spatial perspectives, drawing on semi-structured interviews, cartographic data, and urban–territorial plans. The results reveal that the extractive and risk scales are a product of the conceived space, ignoring community practices amid uncertainty. The planning instruments reinforce this logic, naturalizing risk by proposing areas for capital expansion that stimulate speculation in land markets. In the new rurality, desert refuge settlements exemplify the reappropriation of communal land in line with resilient principles. The study proposes recognizing the Bajo Piura as an intermediate planning unit within a sustainable development framework that considers local environmental culture and the right to a safe territory. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
ISSN:	07173997
DOI:	10.22320/07183607.2026.29.53.05