**Acknowledgements**

This chapter includes findings from the following research projects: ANID's National Fund for Scientific and Technological Development (FONDECYT Regular) N°1171722: "Geographies of access to housing for Latin

<sup>1</sup> For example, this situation was seen during the reconstruction after the 8.8 Mw earthquake that hit central-southern Chile in February 2010. The population affected by the subsequent tsunami was relocated to social housing built in areas at risk of forest fires and mudflow. [34].

*Mobile Housing as an Initial Proposal to Manage Informal Territories Exposed to Disaster Risks DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.108828*

American and Caribbean immigrants: Exploring new socio-spatial phenomena in cities of northern Chile."

Center for studies on conflict and social cohesion (COES - ANID FONDAP N° 15130009). Mini COES Project: "Immigrant-migrant population in informal territories and socio-environmental injustices: The case of the cities of Arica, Iquique-Alto Hospicio and Antofagasta."
