Exploring appropriate socio-technical arrangements for the co-production of landslide risk management strategies in informal neighbourhoods in Colombia and Brazil

This paper explores the scope for upscaling and transnational transfer of participatory landslide risk management strategies informal settlements in Latin America. Drawing on lessons from transdisciplinary action-research three neighbourhoods Medellín, Colombia, one São Paulo, Brazil, discusses how bottom-up approaches were developed to co-produce both Global South cities, a way that optimises collaboration between communities relevant governmental bodies. The analysis focuses mitigation ‘agreement-seeking’, perspectives scale, power knowledge, which help understand parallels co-production urban services. Two key conclusions are should be built into neighbourhood upgrading management, community state have stronger roles play their respective capacities. also reflects role academia enabling through engaging with local communities.