Concepción also has more environmental issues such as improper solid waste management. Inappropriately disposing solid waste has left some urban lands useless. With the lack of coordination between cities, it has resulted in out-of-control dumps that contain parasites, horrid odors, and health problems. Another issue is flooding. Unlawful residential housing has been built on flood level lands without the proper filling or pumping systems. These areas are subject to flooding during rainy periods. For a solution in Concepción, there is a process known as the Environmental Process Management (EPM for short). They wanted to institutionalize this process in Concepción, allowing information exchange with other institutions in the area, as well as preparing joint strategies and coordinating action plans through inter-sectoral working groups. Institutionalization within this process occurred through the creation of an inter-sectoral network that consists of professionals working at the technical level on a specific issue. As u can see by my previous blogs that there are more environmental issues than any other urban issue in this country; however, they are figuring out proper means of fixing this problem.
On another note, as I have said in my recent blog, Concepción is a beautiful city despite its history of natural disasters and its aftermath. I wanted to talk more about places that are considered beautiful landmarks: Cerro Amarillo (Yellow Hill) and Monitor Huáscar (Huáscar monitor). Cerro Amarillo is found in Concepción on Rozas St. at Rengo Corner. It was raised by the German colony to pay tribute to German Kaiser and Bismarck and it contained two levels. The first level is closed by an iron door and the second level displays a view of great beauty towards the city. The German Viewpoint represents one of the more excellent historical landmarks by its location and remains. It still maintains the character of the urban landmark present in the collective memory of the people at the time. Monitor Huáscar is a boat relic of the Naval Battle of Iquique of 1879. It is named after the 16th century Inca emperor, Huáscar. The boat is known as a battleship that is 219 ft. in length, 36 ft. wide, and 13 ft. of openwork. It was constructed in England in 1864 to put in Peru. Today, the battleship is one of the few surviving ships of its type, considerably to others the second oldest relic of the world. The ship has been restored and is currently commissioned as a memorial ship.