scholarly journals Red de autopistas urbanas: estimación de los efectos territoriales en la Ciudad de Buenos Aires = Urban expressways network: Estimate of the territorial effects on the City of Buenos Aires

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Augusto Tovar Numpaque
Keyword(s):  
Buenos Aires ◽  
Causal Effect ◽  
Open Data ◽  
Noise Pollution ◽  
Urban Environments ◽  
Property Value ◽  
Calidad De Vida ◽  
City Model ◽  
The City

ResumenEsta investigación aporta bases científicas y metodológicas de diagnóstico territorial, relacionadas al efecto causal de las autopistas elevadas sobre su entorno inmediato. Para lograrlo se utilizan antecedentes históricos y normativos, pero también, el procesamiento de datos abiertos y la utilización de herramientas econométricas que dimensionan impacto. Los resultados identifican 11.893 hogares afectados por contaminación sonora, reducción en la edificabilidad, reducción en el valor de las propiedades y aumento en la probabilidad de robo o hurto. La Ciudad de Buenos Aires es la principal centralidad de la región en términos de empleo, producción y servicios del país. Esta condición sustenta la utilidad de las autopistas en términos económicos y de movilidad; sin embargo, enfrenta desafíos de impacto ambiental y calidad de vida, que deben ser priorizados en el marco de la agenda de cambio climático y vulnerabilidad de las poblaciones. En el documento se analiza además la evolución del modelo de ciudad con autopistas, sus transformaciones y las posibilidades futuras de estas infraestructuras en los entornos urbanos. Optimizarlas, reemplazarlas por túneles o derribarlas, son las principales acciones que las ciudades vienen desarrollando, específicamente para la recualificación de zonas céntricas, frentes costeros y entornos barriales.AbstractThis research provides scientific and methodological bases for territorial diagnostics, related to the causal effect of elevated expressways on their immediate surroundings. To achieve this, historical and normative background is used, but also, the open data processing and the use of econometric tools that measure impact. The results identify 11.893 households affected by noise pollution, reduction in buildability, reduction in property value and increase in the probability of larceny or robbery. The city of Buenos Aires is the main centrality of the region in terms of employment, production and services of the country. This condition underpins the usefulness of expressways in terms of economics and mobility; however, it faces challenges of environmental impact and quality of life, which must be prioritized within the framework of climate change and the vulnerability agenda of populations. This document also analyses the evolution of the city model with motorways, their transformations and the future possibilities of these infrastructures in urban environments. Optimizing them, replacing them with tunnels or demolishing them, are the main actions that cities are developing, specifically for the re-qualification of central areas, coastal fronts and neighborhood environments.

Empresas familiares en zonas marginales. Estrategias de subsistencia y financiación pública en la localidad de ciudad bolívar de Bogotá

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (12) ◽  
pp. 3
Author(s):  
Jenny Paola Cervera Quintero
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Resource Allocation ◽  
Family Business ◽  
City Government ◽  
The Real ◽  
Calidad De Vida ◽  
Institutional Action ◽  
The City

Esta investigación muestra las características y estrategias socioeconómicas identificadas en un grupo de famiempresas de confección en Ciudad Bolívar, localidad de Bogotá, con las cuales logran la permanencia de sus negocios y así la reproducción de la vida y la subsistencia de sus familias. Este primer elemento se contrasta con las políticas de consecución de ingresos desarrolladas por los gobiernos distritales en el período 2000-2013, con el fin de encontrar los elementos comunes y el real aporte con el que las políticas sociales y económicas del Distrito benefician la economía popular de la ciudad, teniendo como referencia el grupo de famiempresas con el que se trabajó. Después de obtener un paralelo entre las políticas socioeconómicas del Distrito y las necesidades reales de las famiempresas, se desarrolla un ejercicio práctico aplicando la metodología de Vester como base para la formulación de recomendaciones dirigidas hacia los gobiernos distritales, en las que se manifiestan las prioridades que esta población objetivo espera de la acción institucional para mejorar el desempeño de sus famiempresas y, por ende, el de su consecución de ingresos para mejor su calidad de vida y la de sus familias.ABSTRACTThis research examines the socio-economic characteristics and strategies pertaining to a group of family business in the apparel sector in Ciudad Bolivar (Bogota), which ensures some stability in the business itself and in their families´ livelihood. This first element is contrasted with the policies of resource allocation pursued by Bogota local administrations in the period 2000-2013, in order to identify the real governmental contributions to thelocal economy. Next, a practical exercise is conducted by applying the methodology of Vester as a basis for the formulation of recommendations addressed to the city government; those recommendations depict the priorities that the targeted population expects from the institutional action to improve the performance of their business and to enhance their income to better their quality of life and that of their families. Fecha de recepción: 23 agosto 2016Fecha de aprobación: 15 noviembre de 2016Fecha de publicación: 6 de enero de 2017

A case study of noise pollution levels during the restrictions period due to COVID-19.

2021 ◽  
Vol 263 (6) ◽  
pp. 206-214
Author(s):  
David Montes-González ◽  
Juan Miguel Barrigón-Morillas ◽  
Ana Cristina Bejarano-Quintas ◽  
Manuel Parejo-Pizarro ◽  
Guillermo Rey-Gozalo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Noise Pollution ◽  
Urban Environments ◽  
Control Measures ◽  
Acoustic Measurements ◽  
Pollution Levels ◽  
The World ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The City

The pandemic of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) led to the need for drastic control measures around the world to reduce the impact on the health of the population. The confinement of people in their homes resulted in a significant reduction in human activity at every level (economic, social, industrial, etc.), which was reflected in a decrease in environmental pollution levels. Studying the evolution of parameters, such as the level of environmental noise caused by vehicle traffic in urban environments, makes it possible to assess the impact of this type of measure. This paper presents a case study of the acoustic situation in Cáceres (Spain) during the restriction period by means of long-term acoustic measurements at various points of the city.

scholarly journals PAISAJES URBANOS, DIFERENCIA Y DESIGUALDAD. EL CASO DE LA BOCA EN BUENOS AIRES / Urban Landscapes, difference and inequality. A case study in La Boca, Buenos Aires

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 69
Author(s):  
Ana Clara Fabaron
Keyword(s):  
Buenos Aires ◽  
Cultural Landscapes ◽  
Urban Landscapes ◽  
Spatial Transformations ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Ethnographic Approach ◽  
Visual Consumption ◽  
City Model ◽  
The City

<p>El propósito de este artículo es reflexionar críticamente en torno a la noción de paisaje y sus vinculaciones con modos -diferenciados y desiguales- de imaginar y habitar la ciudad. El análisis se sustenta en un estudio de caso en La Boca, un barrio de la zona sur de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, donde confluyen procesos de reconversión urbana y déficit habitacional. Desde un abordaje etnográfico junto al uso de fuentes secundarias, el trabajo explora las principales características y transformaciones socioespaciales del barrio en relación con el resto de la ciudad. El artículo focaliza en prácticas de habitantes y usuarios, en diálogo con distintas aproximaciones al concepto de paisaje, y con estudios que destacan la relación entre una estetización de las ciudades contemporáneas y un modelo exclusivo de ciudad. Desde una perspectiva del habitar -centrada en las prácticas urbanas- el enfoque propuesto procura tomar en cuenta las tensiones e imbricaciones entre los paisajes urbanos cotidianos de sus habitantes y los paisajes culturales orientados a un consumo visual, incorporando en el análisis las relaciones desiguales de poder.</p><p><br /><strong>Abstract</strong></p><p><br />This article aims to critically reflect upon the notion of landscape and its links with -differentiated and unequal- ways of imagining and inhabiting the city. The analysis is based on a case study in La Boca, a neighborhood in the southern area of the city of Buenos Aires, where urban reconversion processes coexists with housing insufficiency. Through an ethnographic approach supplemented with secondary sources, the paper explores the main characteristics and socio-spatial transformations of the neighborhood in relation with the rest of the city. The article focuses in dwellers and passersby practices, in dialogue with different approaches to the concept of landscape, and with studies that emphasize the relation between the aestheticisation of the contemporary cities and an exclusive city model. From a dwelling perspective -centered in urban practices- the proposed approach seeks take into account the tensions and interweaving between the daily urban landscapes of La Boca’ s dwellers and the cultural landscapes oriented toward visual consumption, incorporating in the analysis the unequal power relations.</p>

Descriptors and Indicators of the Acoustic Environment in Andorra and Escaldes-Engordany

Proceedings ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 6
Author(s):  
Rosa Alsina-Pagès ◽  
Laura Echevarría-Garuz
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Noise Pollution ◽  
The Other ◽  
Physical Parameters ◽  
Noise Sources ◽  
Acoustic Environment ◽  
Audio Recordings ◽  
Using Data ◽  
The City

Noise pollution is one of the growing issues in our cities. Every day the streets are full of vehicles of all kinds and works using noisy machinery; it seems difficult to find a quiet area that away from this acoustic environment. Presently, multiple studies are being carried out in the area of engineering in order to be able to attenuate the causes of this noise pollution, in order to improve citizens’ lives. Nevertheless, are cars the only cause of the noise in the city? Are there other noise sources that may affect the quality of life of the citizens? What defines a city as heavily polluted or not? Maybe it can be assumed that truck noise is annoying and that it contributes to noise pollution, while the sound of birds does not and it is pleasant for people. This paper pretends to analyze the physical parameters that allow us to define if any sound causes annoyance, taking into account its acoustic environment. To do this, a specific case will be analysed; we will study three locations measured in Andorra La Vella and Escaldes-Engordany. The audio recordings will be studied deeply, and compared one to the other using data from two different days and all day schedule. We will finally evaluate the annoyance of each location using parameters such as loudness, sharpness and roughness, and taking into account both day and time, as well as giving details about the several types of sound labelled in each recording.

scholarly journals El impacto de la valoración de la importancia en la evaluación de la calidad de vida en adolescentes chilenos

2015 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 723
Author(s):  
Alfonso Urzúa ◽  
Alejandra Caqueo-Urízar ◽  
María Fernanda Bravo ◽  
Karen Carvajal ◽  
Claudio Vera
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Self Report ◽  
State Universities ◽  
Quantitative Methodology ◽  
The North ◽  
Calidad De Vida ◽  
Gender And Age ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The City

While self-report of overall quality of life has been widely examined, there are no studies that explore the impact of the relative importance people give to the various categories of their quality of life. Therefore, with a quantitative methodology and a co-relational transverse design, we analyze differences in the assessment when the importance given to each category is evaluated. Participants were 530 students from the city of Antofagasta in the North of Chile, aged between 15 and 18 years. They were from subsidized, public secondary schools and private and state universities in the city who were assessed using the KIDSCREEN-27 questionnaire. Results: Differences were found in the assessment of categories when results were analyzed based on gender and age and when incorporating an assessment of importance. Even when the results were not conclusive, there was evidence of a need to incorporate an importance variable when assessing quality of life.

scholarly journals Assessing and Representing Livability through the Analysis of Residential Preference

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (18) ◽  
pp. 4934 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Kovacs-Györi ◽  
Pablo Cabrera-Barona ◽  
Bernd Resch ◽  
Michael Mehaffy ◽  
Thomas Blaschke
Keyword(s):  
Urban Form ◽  
Urban Environments ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Residential Preference ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The City ◽  
Measurable Factors ◽  
New Urban Agenda ◽  
Significant Factors

Livability reflects the quality of the person–environment relationship, namely how well the built environment or the available services in a city fulfill the residents’ needs and expectations. We argue that livability assessment can aid the implementation of certain New Urban Agenda (NUA) goals by providing a flexible way to assess urban environments and their quality. However, a reliable and transferable assessment framework requires the key elements of livability to be defined in such a way that measurable factors adequately represent the person–environment relationship. As an innovative approach, we determined key livability elements accordingly and asked over 400 residents worldwide to evaluate their urban environments using these parameters. Thereby, we could calibrate the livability assessment workflow by including personal aspects and identifying the most relevant livability factors through an ordinal regression analysis. Next, we performed relational-statistical learning in order to define the individual and combined contribution of these statistically significant factors to the overall livability of a place. We found that urban form and mobility-related factors tend to have the highest influence on residential satisfaction. Finally, we tested the robustness of the assessment by using geospatial analysis to model the livability for the city of Vienna, Austria. We concluded that the workflow allows for a reliable livability assessment and for further utilization in urban planning, improving urban quality by going beyond simple city rankings.

scholarly journals Building Stability On Permafrost In Vorkuta, Russia

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. I. Kotov ◽  
V. Z. Khilimonyuk
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Housing Stock ◽  
Residential Buildings ◽  
Open Data ◽  
Urban Environments ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Residential Housing ◽  
Infrastructure Stability ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The City

The Infrastructure stability on permafrost is currently an important topic as the Arctic countries are developing climate change adaptation and mitigation programs. Assessing the sustainability of infrastructure facilities (especially in urban environments) is a difficult task as it depends on many parameters. This article discusses the city of Vorkuta, which is located in the northwest of Russia. This city differs from many others built on permafrost because most of buildings were built according to Principle II (The Active Method) of construction on permafrost with thawing soil prior to construction. Assessments of the engineering and geocryological conditions, basic principles of construction in the city, and reasons for building failures, were carried out within this study. The research is based on publications, open data about buildings, and visual observations in Vorkuta. About 800 buildings are in use in Vorkuta in 2020 (43% of what it was 50 years ago). According to the analysis, about 800 houses have been demolished or disconnected from utility lines over the past 50 years (about 250 of these are still standing, pending demolition). Since 1994, the construction of new residential buildings has almost stopped. Therefore, buildings that have been in use for over 50 years will account for 90% of the total residential housing stock by 2040. The effects of climate change in the city will depend primarily on the principle of construction employed and on the geocryological conditions of the district. Buildings constructed according to Principle I (The Passive Method) were found to be more vulnerable due to a decrease in permafrost bearing capacity. The impact of increasing air temperature on some of the buildings built on bedrock (the central part of the city) and some built on thawing soil will be minimal, as other factors are more significant.

scholarly journals Antigas Salinas Urbanas e sua Oportunidade para promover Cidades Verdes: O Caso do Parque Estadual do rio Cocó em Fortaleza, Ceará, Brasil = Antiguas Salinas Urbanas y su Oportunidad de promover Ciudades Verdes: El Caso del Coco Park en Fortaleza, Ceará, Brasil = Antique Urban Salt Extraction and their Opportunity to promote Green Cities: The Cocó Park case in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil

2020 ◽  
pp. 89
Author(s):  
Maria Do Carmo
Keyword(s):  
Residential Areas ◽  
Production Methods ◽  
Salt Production ◽  
Salt Extraction ◽  
Urban Quality Of Life ◽  
Calidad De Vida ◽  
Salt Flats ◽  
Del Rio ◽  
The City

RESUMO:Esse ensaio contextualiza a produção de sal marinho no Brasil e sua localização no período colonial, próximo aos povoados da costa nordestina para investigar a inserção das antigas salinas nas cidades. As salinas artesanais foram transformadas em áreas residenciais, mas dada as condições ambientais de algumas áreas, ainda, existe a oportunidade de integrá-las na condição de infraestrutura urbana verde resgatando, também, sua memória cultural. Assim, se faz uma evolução das áreas ocupadas por salinas e dos métodos de produção, quando se situa às condições mais propícias a produção do sal, bem como, seus conflitos com a proteção dos ecossistemas de manguezais das planícies flúvio- marítimas. Se discute a capacidade de regeneração desses ecossistemas em áreas de salinas desativadas e sua oportunidade de instalação de parques urbanos em cidades desprovidas de verde. O caso de estudo ocorre na área das antigas Salinas Diogo, que hoje é o Parque do rio Cocó na cidade de Fortaleza. Como resultado se destaca a integração das áreas de salinas à cidade com grande ganho de qualidade de vida urbana, mas que, por outro lado, as salinas não comparecem na imagem coletiva urbana o que remete a um estudo de proteção da memória da paisagemcultural.  RESUMEN:Este ensayo contextualiza la producción de sal marina en Brasil y su ubicación en el período colonial, cerca de las aldeas de la costa noreste para investigar la inserción de antiguas salinas en las ciudades. Las salinas artesanales se transformaron en áreas residenciales, pero dadas las condiciones ambientales de algunas áreas, todavía existe la oportunidad de integrarlas en la condición de infraestructura urbana verde, también rescatando su memoria cultural. Las áreas ocupadas por solución salina y los métodos de producción evolucionan cuando se crean las condiciones más favorables para la producción de sal, así como sus conflictos con la protección de los ecosistemas de manglar de las llanuras marítimas fluviales. Se discute la capacidad regenerativa de estos ecosistemas en áreas de salinas desactivadas y su oportunidad de instalar parques urbanos. El estudio de caso ocurre en el área del antiguo Salinas Diogo, que hoy es el Parque del Río Cocó. Como resultado, se destaca la integración de las áreas salinas en la ciudad, con una gran ganancia en la calidad de vida urbana, pero las soluciones salinas no aparecen en la imagen colectiva urbana, lo que lleva a un estudio de protección de la memoria del paisajecultural.ABSTRACT:This essay contextualizes the production of sea salt in Brazil and its location in the colonial period, close to the northeastern coast villages to investigate the insertion of old salt flats in cities. The artisanal salt extraction were transformed into residential areas, but given the environmental conditions of some areas, there is still the opportunity to integrate them in the city, also rescuing their cultural memory. Occupied areas and production methods are evolved when the conditions most favorable to salt production, as well as their conflicts with the protection of mangrove ecosystems of the river-maritime plains are made. The regenerative capacity of these ecosystems in areas of deactivated salt production and their opportunity to install urban parks in cities are discussed. The case study occurs in the area of the former Salinas Diogo, which today is the Cocó River Park. As a result, the integration of saline areas into the city stands out, with a great gain in urban quality of life, but, on the other hand, salt production do not appear in the urban collective image, which leads to a study of protection of the memory of the culturallandscape.

scholarly journals DESARROLLO EMPRESARIAL, GESTIÓN AMBIENTAL Y CALIDAD DE VIDA EN EL MUNICIPIO DE SUCRE

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (21) ◽  
pp. 77
Author(s):  
Omar Eduardo Aillón Valverde ◽  
José Alfredo Daza Bernal ◽  
José Luís Pantoja Tarán
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Environmental Management ◽  
Urban Environments ◽  
Business Development ◽  
Business Growth ◽  
Calidad De Vida ◽  
Management Quality ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Opening Up

Diversos estudios han explorado la relación existente entre el crecimiento empresarial y la calidad ambiental en municipios, tratando de demostrar que un aumento del crecimiento empresarial influye en la degradación del medio ambiente. Por otra parte, también hay que citar que el crecimiento empresarial promueve el crecimiento económico lo cual contribuiría directa o indirectamente al desarrollo de la gestión ambiental con la implementación de políticas y proyectos urbanos para el mejoramiento de los problemas ambientales, abriendo de esta manera la posibilidad a la conformación de ambientes urbanos sostenibles, hipótesis que bien vale la pena investigar desde la realidad reinante en el Municipio de Sucre.Este artículo expone la discusión, referida al manejo y tratamiento industrial que tienen las empresas en lo que respecta a la contaminación que generan en el municipio de Sucre complementado con la percepción que tienen las personas como componentes de unidades familiares y cuya calidad de vida es afectada producto del fenómeno de desarrollo empresarial en lo que se refiere a la contaminación generada como una externalidad para el caso particular del Municipio de Sucre.Palabras clave: Crecimiento empresarial, Gestión Ambiental, calidad de vida. AbstractSeveral studies have explored the relationship between business growth and environmental quality in municipalities, trying to show that an increase in business growth influences environmental degradation. On the other hand, it should also be mentioned that business growth promotes economic growth which would contribute directly or indirectly to the development of environmental management with the implementation of urban policies and projects for the improvement of environmental problems, thus opening up the possibility to the conformation of sustainable urban environments, a hypothesis that is well worth investigating from the reality prevailing in the Municipality of Sucre.This article exposes the discussion, referring to the management and industrial treatment that companies have in regards to the pollution they generate in the municipality of Sucre, complemented with the perception that people have as components of family units and whose quality of life is affected product of the phenomenon of business development in what refers to the pollution generated as an externality for the particular case of the Municipality of Sucre.Key words: Business growth, Environmental Management, quality of life.

scholarly journals Qualidade de vida: perfil de estudantes em enfermagem de uma universidade privada do município de São Paulo

2014 ◽  
pp. 33
Author(s):  
Luiz Faustino dos Santos Maia ◽  
Lucia Helena Presoto
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Private University ◽  
Academic Community ◽  
Research Subjects ◽  
Calidad De Vida ◽  
Quantitative Descriptive ◽  
The City

Trata-se de uma investigação sobre as condições e qualidade de vida. De caráter quantitativo do tipo descritivo e exploratório, objetivou conhecer, avaliar e descrever o perfil de estudantes em enfermagem de uma universidade privada de ensino superior. Num processo de escolha aleatória foram sujeitos da pesquisa oitenta alunos de enfermagem matriculados no primeiro, segundo, terceiro e quartos anos de graduação do período matutino e noturno. Os dados foram coletados durante os meses de agosto e setembro de 2006, utilizando um questionário com quinze perguntas fechadas e objetivas, referentes à caracterização da população abrangendo vários aspectos sociodemográficos. Os dados foram analisados estatisticamente, tabulados e apresentados em tabelas. Sugere-se o incentivo na comunidade acadêmica quanto à promoção e educação em saúde. Desta forma, reduzir-se-á os indicadores de morbidade, maus hábitos e sedentarismo relacionado com a população acadêmica, futuros educadores e profissionais de saúde.Descritores: Qualidade de Vida, Estudantes, Enfermagem. Quality of life: profile of nursing students in a private university in the city of São PauloAbstract: This is a research about the conditions and quality of life. A quantitative, descriptive, and exploratory study aimed to know, evaluate and describe the profile of nursing students in a private university of higher education. In a process of random choice were the research subjects eighty nursing students enrolled in the first, second, third and fourth years of graduation in the morning and evening. The data were collected during the months of august and september 2006, using a questionnaire with 15 questions closed and objective, relating to the characterization of the population covering several sociodemographic aspects. The data were statistically analyzed, tabulated and presented in tables. It is suggested the incentive in the academic community regarding the promotion and education in health. This way, it will reduce the indicators of morbidity, bad habits and sedentary lifestyle related to population academic, future educators and health professionals.Descriptors: Quality of Life, Students, Nursing. Calidad de vida: el perfil de los estudiantes de enfermería en una universidad privada en la ciudad de São PauloResumen: Se trata de una investigación acerca de las condiciones y calidad de vida. Una valoración cuantitativa y estudio descriptivo y exploratorio destinado a conocer, evaluar y describir el perfil de los estudiantes de enfermería en una universidad privada de educación superior. En un proceso de selección aleatoria eran los sujetos de la investigación de enfermería 80 estudiantes matriculados en el primer, segundo, tercer y cuarto años de graduación en la mañana y en la noche. Los datos fueron recopilados durante los meses de agosto y septiembre de 2006, utilizando un cuestionario con 15 preguntas cerradas y objetivo, relativas a la caracterización de la población que cubre varios aspectos sociodemográficos. Los datos fueron analizados estadísticamente, tabulados y presentados en tablas. Se sugiere el incentivo en la comunidad académica sobre la promoción y educación en salud. De esta manera, reducirá los indicadores de morbilidad, malos hábitos y estilo de vida sedentario relativos a la población académica, los futuros educadores y profesionales de la salud.Descriptores: Calidad de Vida, Estudiantes, Enfermería.

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