Planning the Built Environment, Institutions and Aging in Latin America

2016 ◽  
pp. 259-275
Author(s):  
Sergio Luiz Valente Tomasini ◽  
Sergio Antonio Carlos ◽  
Beatriz Fedrizzi ◽  
Johannes Doll
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Built Environment

scholarly journals Circularity Assessment using the UN 2030 Agenda Indicators

2021 ◽  
Vol 855 (1) ◽  
pp. 012009
Author(s):  
P Huovila ◽  
U Iyer-Raniga
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
North America ◽  
Middle East ◽  
Built Environment ◽  
The State ◽  
Linear Processes ◽  
Sustainable Buildings ◽  
2030 Agenda ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The One

Abstract Established in 2015, the One Planet Sustainable Buildings and Construction (SBC) Programme has studied the state of play for circular built environment in different regions: Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, North America and Oceania. One aspect of this study has been assessment for circularity using the 2030 Agenda indicators. This paper describes how nature’s resources are used in buildings to provide more comfortable and healthier spaces while generating less waste and emissions with the aim to change linear processes to circular, thereby increasing resource efficiency and reducing waste and emissions, while also providing local jobs. A set of core indicators have been selected to assess the circularity at global and regional levels. It is intended that the indicators selected for SBC become a starting point for prioritising the built environment sector to embrace circularity principles and practices.

The ridership performance of the built environment for BRT systems: Evidence from Latin America

2018 ◽  
Vol 73 ◽  
pp. 172-184 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Erik Vergel-Tovar ◽  
Daniel A. Rodriguez
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Built Environment

scholarly journals Association between Perceived Neighborhood Built Environment and Walking and Cycling for Transport among Inhabitants from Latin America: The ELANS Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (18) ◽  
pp. 6858
Author(s):  
Gerson Ferrari ◽  
André Oliveira Werneck ◽  
Danilo Rodrigues da Silva ◽  
Irina Kovalskys ◽  
Georgina Gómez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Built Environment ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Neighborhood Environment ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
Alternative Routes ◽  
Neighborhood Built Environment ◽  
Latin American Countries

Purpose: This study aimed to examine the associations of the perceived neighborhood built environment with walking and cycling for transport in inhabitants from Latin American countries. Methods: This cross-sectional study involved 9218 participants (15–65 years) from the Latin American Study of Nutrition and Health, which included a nationally representative sample of eight countries. All participants completed the International Physical Activity Questionnaire-Long Form for measure walking and cycling for transport and the Neighborhood Environment Walkability Scale-Abbreviated. Furthermore, perceived proximity from home to public open spaces and shopping centers was assessed. Results: Perceived land use mix-access (OR: 1.32; 95%CI: 1.16,1.50) and the existence of many alternative routes in the neighbourhood (1.09 1.01,1.17) were associated with higher odds of reporting any walking for transport (≥10 min/week). Perceived slow speed of traffic (1.88 1.82,1.93) and few drivers exceeding the speed limits (1.92; 1.86,1.98) were also related to higher odds of reporting any walking for transport. The odds of reporting any cycling for transport (≥10 min/week) were higher in participants perceiving more walking/cycling facilities (1.87 1.76,1.99), and better aesthetics (1.22 1.09,1.38). Conclusions: Dissimilar perceived neighborhood built environment characteristics were associated with walking and cycling for transport among inhabitants from Latin America.

scholarly journals Research agenda for the built environment in Latin America

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (16) ◽  
pp. 226 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudia Beatriz Murray ◽  
Alex Abiko ◽  
Eliane Monetti ◽  
Javier Peinado Ponton
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Built Environment ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
America Latina

Este artículo divulga los resultados de una serie de seminarios interdisciplinares y multisectoriales de investigación que se enfocaron en los problemas actuales de una región en rápido crecimiento urbano. Se recogió información cualitativa sobre varias de las mayores economías de América Latina, se hicieron mesas redondas y talleres que incluían profesionales en ejercicio y funcionarios estatales. Los autores agruparon estas discusiones por temas y los enmarcaron en debates académicos contemporáneos. Tras estimar la aptitud de la teoría para responder en la práctica, el artículo concluye planteando cuatro áreas clave para seguir investigando, con el propósito final de incrementar el análisis académico capaz de informar mejor sobre las políticas de desarrollo de las economías emergentes.

Urban walkability considering pedestrians’ perceptions of the built environment: a 10-year review and a case study in a medium-sized city in Latin America

2019 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 183-203 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julian Arellana ◽  
María Saltarín ◽  
Ana Margarita Larrañaga ◽  
Vilma Alvarez ◽  
César Augusto Henao
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Built Environment

scholarly journals Overcoming the challenges of conducting physical activity and built environment research in Latin America: IPEN Latin America

2014 ◽  
Vol 69 ◽  
pp. S86-S92 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deborah Salvo ◽  
Rodrigo S. Reis ◽  
Olga L. Sarmiento ◽  
Michael Pratt
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Built Environment ◽  
Environment Research

Corruption in the Built Environment

2021 ◽  
pp. 34-54
Author(s):  
Paul Lagunes
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Built Environment ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Mexico City ◽  
Construction Sector ◽  
Institutional Reforms

This chapter provides context. It stresses the harm caused by corruption in the built environment, while also briefly taking the pulse of corruption in Latin America and highlighting the vulnerability of local bureaucracies to this kind of corruption. This chapter summarizes three case studies of alleged corruption in Mexico City’s construction sector, thus uncovering the dubious tactics used by some developers. As is argued here, cities like Mexico City need not wait for major institutional reforms in order begin to control corruption in construction. Anticorruption audits can prove useful, especially if they are applied to the most sensitive bureaucratic processes.

scholarly journals Built environment in programs to promote physical activity among Latino children and youth living in the United States and in Latin America

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olga L. Sarmiento ◽  
María Alejandra Rubio ◽  
Abby C. King ◽  
Natalicio Serrano ◽  
Adriano Akira F. Hino ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
United States ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Built Environment ◽  
The United States ◽  
Children And Youth ◽  
Latino Children

The Genesis and Internal Dynamics of El Salvador's People's Revolutionary Army, 1970–1976

2014 ◽  
Vol 38 (01) ◽  
pp. 102-129
Author(s):  
ALBERTO MARTÍN ÁLVAREZ ◽  
EUDALD CORTINA ORERO
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
El Salvador ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Left Wing ◽  
Internal Dynamics ◽  
Internal Coherence ◽  
The 1960S

AbstractUsing interviews with former militants and previously unpublished documents, this article traces the genesis and internal dynamics of the Ejército Revolucionario del Pueblo (People's Revolutionary Army, ERP) in El Salvador during the early years of its existence (1970–6). This period was marked by the inability of the ERP to maintain internal coherence or any consensus on revolutionary strategy, which led to a series of splits and internal fights over control of the organisation. The evidence marshalled in this case study sheds new light on the origins of the armed Salvadorean Left and thus contributes to a wider understanding of the processes of formation and internal dynamics of armed left-wing groups that emerged from the 1960s onwards in Latin America.

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