scholarly journals Dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater in three districts of the Buenos Aires metropolitan region, Argentina, throughout nine months of surveillance: A pilot study

2021 ◽  
pp. 149578
Author(s):  
Melina Elizabeth Barrios ◽  
Sofía Micaela Díaz ◽  
Carolina Torres ◽  
Damián Matías Costamagna ◽  
María Dolores Blanco Fernández ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Buenos Aires ◽  
Metropolitan Region

scholarly journals El surgimiento de la megaurbanización Nordelta en la Región Metropolitana de Buenos Aires: consideraciones en torno a las nociones de ciudad-fragmento y comunidad purificada / The Emergence of the Nordelta Megaurbanization in the Metropolitan Region of Bu

2007 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 363 ◽  
Author(s):  
María Florencia Girola
Keyword(s):  
Metropolitan Area ◽  
Buenos Aires ◽  
Metropolitan Region ◽  
Permanent Housing

En este artículo se focaliza uno de los procesos más generalizados y polémicos que se registran en las grandes ciudades contemporáneas: el desarrollo de conjuntos residenciales que cuentan con seguridad y que sirven de vivienda permanente a los sectores medios y altos de la población. Más concretamente, intentamos cuestionar y examinar –desde una perspectiva etnográfica– las visiones sobre estos conjuntos ancladas en torno a la categoría de fragmentación urbana, a partir del análisis de un ejemplo específico: la emergencia de grandes emprendimientos en la Región Área Metropolitana de Buenos Aires; en este caso se trata de una singular ciudad privada y periférica. AbstractThis article focuses on one of the most generalized, polemic processes recorded in major contemporary cities: the development of residential complexes with security that serve as permanent housing for the middle and upper classes of the population. More specifically, the author attempts to use an ethnographic perspective to question the views on these complexes placed within the category of urban fragmentation on the basis of the analysis of a specific example; the emergence of major developments in the Metropolitan Area of Buenos Aires; in this case, an unusual private, peripheral city.

The ‘blue leviathan’

2016 ◽  
Vol 90 (4) ◽  
pp. 318-347
Author(s):  
Nikolaos Stamatakis
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Procedural Justice ◽  
Present Article ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Buenos Aires ◽  
Metropolitan Region ◽  
Mutual Relationship ◽  
Police Violence ◽  
Negative Experiences ◽  
Institutional Legitimacy

There have been complaints against the Argentinian police for decades (CELS, 2013, 2015). The Argentinian police (either federal, national, prefectural or military) have been characterised as the ‘blue leviathan’ (Saín, 2008), being responsible for gross human rights violations and excessive violence committed against civilians. The present article focuses on youth, aiming to explore their perceptions regarding police violence and impunity based on past negative experiences in one of the most affected areas in the metropolitan region of Buenos Aires, the Mitre neighbourhood. The quantitative data gathered for this study furthers the discussion on institutional legitimacy and the mutual relationship between the development of confidence, obedience in law and procedural justice, in Argentina and beyond.

scholarly journals A basin-level analysis of flood risk in urban and periurban areas: A case study in the metropolitan region of Buenos Aires, Argentina

Heliyon ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (8) ◽  
pp. e04517 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Pamela Flores ◽  
Leandro Giordano ◽  
Carlos Alberto Ruggerio
Keyword(s):  
Flood Risk ◽  
Buenos Aires ◽  
Metropolitan Region ◽  
Level Analysis

Water and sanitation in the Buenos Aires metropolitan region: Fragmented markets, splintering effects?

Geoforum ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 39 (6) ◽  
pp. 1859-1870 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Botton ◽  
Bernard de Gouvello
Keyword(s):  
Buenos Aires ◽  
Metropolitan Region ◽  
Water And Sanitation

scholarly journals Lowering Investment Risk at the Bop Using Network Innovation Fundación pro Vivienda Social (Fpvs) Case

2012 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 04-29
Author(s):  
Marìa Griselda Lassaga ◽  
Gabriel Lanfranchi
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Buenos Aires ◽  
Metropolitan Region ◽  
Infrastructure Development ◽  
Base Of The Pyramid ◽  
Economic Market ◽  
Sustainable Business

More than 2 million people from the outskirts of the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Region live in neighborhoods with restricted access to education, credit, healthcare, and basic services (Goytia and Lanfranchi, 2009). With nearly 4 billion people now living in poverty world wide, this situation is not unique to Buenos Aires. The size of this “Base of the Pyramid” (BOP) economic market makes it impossible to ignore in the 21st century (Prahalad and Hart, 2002). Unfortunately however, most private businesses have overlooked this population and thereby denied it the opportunity to participate in the global economy. This article describes how Fundación Pro Vivienda Social (FPVS) seeks to rectify this situation by facilitating economic engagement with the BOP. This case study, based on the testimony and experiences of participants, details the effort to create financially sustainable business opportunities for both the BOP and private sector. Specifically, this study deals with FPVS‟s role as a facilitator between businesses and poor communities in doing business with the Base of the Pyramid, (BOP). Testimony from this real case study in addition to the experience of the researchers and current business literature was the chosen path. As a longitudinal study, the case looks at how perceptions and relationships change over time. Based on the Developing Business Network Model, this article looked at the co-creation of value for all the parties within a sustainable framework. Specifically, the FPVS case deals with the foundation‟s leverage function in developing mutually beneficial infrastructure solutions. Since 1995, FPVS has focused on housing improvements and infrastructure development. Through its projects, FPVS has demonstrated that working with low-income communities is not high-risk, but rather good business. The foundation believes that by organizing communities around mobilizing events related to standard of living improvements, it can create the social capital necessary to break the poverty cycle (Lanfranchi 2005). In the areas where it operates, FPVS has developed strategies to organize community demand for goods and services and match it with suppliers. These types of strategies have been described by Granovette (1983) as „solving structural holes‟. An important aspect of this study is that it illustrates the necessity of transcending traditional business models when developing successful enterprises with the BOP. It also highlights how the FPVS approach is consistent with recent advances in BOP literature (Prahalad, 2006). For example, the report shows how FPVS strategies incorporate the concepts of business management innovations (Kandachar, 2008), business networks (Hakansson and Snehota, 1995), and radical transactivity (Hart and Simanis, 2005; Simanis and Hart, 2008). Most significantly, this study demonstrates how to create a sustainable and mutually beneficial economic exchange between private businesses and the BOP.

scholarly journals Estrategias de acceso al suelo y a la vivienda en barrios populares del Área Metropolitana de Buenos Aires

2012 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 29
Author(s):  
María Mercedes Di Virgilio ◽  
María Soledad Arqueros Mejica ◽  
Tomás Guevara
Keyword(s):  
Metropolitan Area ◽  
Buenos Aires ◽  
Urban Land ◽  
The Other ◽  
Metropolitan Region ◽  
Social Production ◽  
Palabras Clave ◽  
The Social ◽  
Selection Of ◽  
Family Trajectories

En este trabajo se investiga la producción social de los asentamientos y barrios populares ubicados en el Área Metropolitana de Buenos Aires. Describe los procesos de integración, la urbanización y la consolidación de los distritos e investiga las trayectorias familiares y estrategias de acceso a la tierra y a la vivienda. Busca también las conexiones entre dos escalas geográficas de análisis: por un lado, los cambios en el barrio y en el lote y, por otro, los cambios en la vivienda. El estudio se realizó en cuatro distritos de la región metropolitana. La investigación de los procesos de producción de hábitat se basó en una encuesta realizada en 2008, y la selección de casos de estudio en profundidad se hizo de acuerdo con los criterios de significación adoptados. Palabras clave: producción del hábitat; estrategias; acceso al suelo urbano; hábitat popular; políticas de regularización. Abstract: This paper investigates the social production of settlements and poor neighborhoods in the Metropolitan Area of Buenos Aires. The processes of urbanization, integration and consolidation of the districts are described and family trajectories and strategies to access land and housing are investigated. The analysis looks for the connections between two geographical scales: on one hand, the changes in the neighborhood and in the lot, and on the other, the changes in housing. The study was conducted in four districts of the metropolitan region. The investigation of the processes of habitat production was based on a survey conducted in 2008, and the selection of cases for study in depth was made according to criteria of significance. Keywords: production of habitat; strategies; access to urban land; popular habitat; regularization policies.

Coding, Computational Thinking, and Cultural Contexts

2021 ◽  
pp. 201-215
Author(s):  
Libby Hunt ◽  
Marina Umaschi Bers
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
United States Of America ◽  
Buenos Aires ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
Computational Thinking ◽  
Cultural Traditions ◽  
Cultural Contexts ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
The Relationship

This chapter examines the relationship between coding, computational thinking, and the contexts in which those concepts are learned. It recounts a pilot study where a 12-week robotics curriculum was taught in kindergarten classrooms at eight interfaith and secular schools in Boston, United States of America and Buenos Aires, Argentina. In this chapter, the authors explore how teachers and students drew from their socio-cultural environments to inform the language of computational thinking and support the internalization of computational concepts and, in turn, how computational thinking was used as a tool for deeper exploration of cultural traditions and beliefs, meaning-making, and creative expression.

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