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Strengthening Social Ties and Biodiversity Through an Urban Park: 18 de Septiembre Park, La Serena, Chile

Authors : Sonia Reyes-Paecke, Alfonsina Puppo, Francisca Magnani, Valentina Salinas

Published in: Making Green Cities

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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This chapter presents Parque 18 de Septiembre (La Serena, Chile) as a successful example of a community-based initiative. This park lies in a peri-urban residential area, made up of social housing complexes, with around 20,000 inhabitants. In 2000, several community organizations were grouped in the La Antena Territorial Network to join forces to carry out their projects. The Network promoted the construction of the 18 de Septiembre Park on a large vacant lot, which was obtained after a significant pressure to the authorities. Likewise, a community company was founded to take charge of the maintenance of the park, whose workers are residents of the same sector. Today, the park stands out for being the most biodiverse in the city, having the higher birds and plants diversity, and the excellent state of the vegetation, trails and facilities present. It also harbors multiple cultural, sports and environmental activities. For the community leaders, the park is a testimony to collective efforts to improve the quality of life in a community characterized by a high level of social vulnerability and political marginalization.

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Title: Strengthening Social Ties and Biodiversity Through an Urban Park: 18 de Septiembre Park, La Serena, Chile
Authors: Sonia Reyes-Paecke
Alfonsina Puppo
Francisca Magnani
Valentina Salinas
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Book: Making Green Cities
Print ISBN: 978-3-030-73088-8

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-73089-5

Copyright Year: 2023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-73089-5_36

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