乡村与城市之间的景观——海地新纪元

Landscapes between Agriculture and Urbanization—Terra Nova Ayiti

1现状到2050年,海地的人口预计将从现在的约1000万增长至1600万。人口增长的主要区域将集中在海地的大都市——太子港。但海地近75%的地区是陡峭的、植被几乎完全被破坏掉的山脉,因此地震和洪水等自然灾害随时会引发山体滑坡,这迫使城市向乡村的平原地带扩张。在洪水的影响下,这些平原土壤含水量很高,经常会由地震引发泥石流。

Abstract： Being one of the poorest countries in the world, Haiti has to face big challenges over the next decades. New homes are needed for the many people who have lost theirs due to the excruciating earthquake in January 2010. And the rapid growth of the Haitian population, mainly concentrated on the metropolitan region of Port au Prince, also raises the need for further residential development. Nearly all Haiti is deforested. The resulting high risk of landslides concentrates all thoughts on new development on the few plains of the country. But these plains are highly affected by the periodically returning hurricanes and flood events. Finally these plains are the most fertile areas of the mountainous country and therefore the only chance to get emancipated from food imports.