Uploaded on 2015-04-23 by scastelar

[1]: https://edxuploads.s3.amazonaws.com/14297645607517328.jpg Dear friends, I took this picture today, from the southern part of San Salvador's metropolitan area, looking into the north. You can see in the picture a large extension of low rise housing that is pretty much the norm in the city and in the country in general. It is difficult to identify large rise buildings in the picture, even though the picture is taken in an area of the city where such constructions could be considered and actually afforded by local dwellers (this can also be seen from the quality of the houses shown in the picture, another visible bit of information). Although it is cloudy, if you look hard enough, you can make out in the back of the picture the outline of the San Salvador Volcano, which is a city landmark and also a natural "limit" for the city towards the north west. Two bits of invisible information that can be extracted from the visible information is the need for a paradigm shift in building construction, in order to make the city denser and promote high rise buildings. The other invisible bit of info, that can be drawn from the San Salvador volcano, is the risk the city has of being affected by volcano activity. This last invisible info should turn into knowledge by authorities recognizing the need for the city to have adequate disaster management plans, that would prepare the city to cope with an earthquake, a situation that has already happened in the past..