Defining a Primary Market for Bikesharing Programs: A Study of Habits and Usage Intentions in León, Mexico

2017 ◽  
Vol 2634 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karla M. Gámez-Pérez ◽  
Pilar Arroyo-López ◽  
Christopher R. Cherry
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Intention To Use ◽  
Lower Income ◽  
Binary Logit Model ◽  
Binary Logit ◽  
Potential Demand ◽  
Mode Of Transportation ◽  
The City ◽  
Latin American Countries

Bikeshare has emerged as an influential new technology to improve nonmotorized transportation in cities across the globe. Latin American countries have lagged in the implementation of bikeshare systems. As such, there is a lack of studies that focus on bikeshare potential in Latin America. This study contributes to filling that gap by examining the potential demand of a proposed bikeshare system in the city of León, located in the central part of Mexico. The data of a stratified survey of 519 respondents are used to estimate a binary logit model on the stated intention to use the bikeshare system and thus to assess the factors that influence the potential interest in this mode of transportation. Some aspects of the results are consistent with other studies: potential bikeshare users must have a safe infrastructure, they will use bikeshare for regular trips from home to work, and bikeshare is competitive for short-duration trips. A few findings contrast with other studies: potential bikeshare users tend to be lower income and are not already cyclists, and some have very long transit commutes.

scholarly journals Applicability of Warren Buffett's investment criteria in equity securities trading on the Quito Stock Exchange, Ecuador / Aplicabilidade dos critérios de investimento de Warren Buffett em ações negociadas na Bolsa de Valores de Quito, Equador

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (10) ◽  
pp. 96990-97007
Author(s):  
Mikel Ugando Peñate ◽  
Andrés Wladimir Herrera Manosalvas
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Financial Education ◽  
The Other ◽  
Good Corporate Governance ◽  
Governance Practices ◽  
Securities Trading ◽  
The City ◽  
A Company ◽  
Latin American Countries

The Quito Stock Exchange (QSE) through its objective of offering security to investors, has reflected an act based on good corporate governance practices, however, 2% of amounts correspond to shares that are traded nationally, being Ecuador one of the Latin American countries with the lowest amounts traded compared to 8% of GDP. The objective of the investigation is framed in determining if the investment criteria of Warren Buffett have applicability in the negotiations of actions in the QSE, added to this the presumed existence of aversion to risk on the part of the investor, but also the ignorance of the movement of market and securities transactions, with a population that possibly lacks financial education and does not have benchmarks to invest in a seemingly unknown market. The fields of inquiry that have been defined have to do with the buffettology that involves the investment techniques and criteria that have made Buffett the most famous investor worldwide and, on the other hand, the equity certificates of or documents that represent a Part of ownership of the assets of a company that in the future allows you to enjoy the derived benefits. In conclusion, the criteria are partially applicable in an average 72.23% within companies that could be very close to being excellent, with economic, legal and operational barriers that hold back the development of the stock market in the city of Quito.

Medellin Library Parks

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 201-205 ◽  
Author(s):  
Renny Granda ◽  
Juan D. Machin-Mastromatteo
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Public Library ◽  
Strategic Plan ◽  
Potential Influence ◽  
Successful Case ◽  
The World ◽  
Social Pact ◽  
The City ◽  
Latin American Countries

Medellin Library Parks represent a successful case of urban planning that constructed a social pact for the city of Medellin (Colombia), which transitioned from being one of the most violent cities in the world to the most innovative one. This work presents the Medellin Library Parks initiative as research, socialization, education, recreation and leisure spaces; their conceptualization as a new kind of public library, the strategic plan behind them, their results, awards and potential influence in other Latin American countries.

scholarly journals The Graffitour of the 13: an aesthetic, political and historical trajectory through Medellín

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Natalia Pérez Torres
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
Hip Hop ◽  
Political Organization ◽  
Collective Experience ◽  
Historical Trajectory ◽  
Fixed Boundaries ◽  
The City ◽  
Latin American Countries ◽  
And Diffusion

Abstract To think the borders of the metropolis beyond the representations associated with precariousness and crime presupposes recognizing the abundance and vitality of aesthetic practices and productions that are reconfiguring the discourses on the peripheries. In both Brazil and other Latin American countries, the emergence and diffusion of languages produced in the "margins" of cities call into question the center/periphery dualism - relativizing the existence of fixed boundaries, while proposing other ways of narrating different collective experiences. Commonly seen as a peripheral product, graffiti is an artistic language that express the multiplicity of agencies on the metropolitan edges. In the city of Medellín, Colombia, different groups formed mainly by young people from the edges have been taking on graffiti and hip hop as a resource to understand, narrate and distance themselves from the violence that crosses them. A significant sample of this type of collective experience is the Graffitour proposal, an "aesthetic, political and historical" route organized by the Centro Cultural Casa Kolacho in the Commune 13. Based on the assumption that the Graffitour transcends the simple representation of the medellinense periphery and constitutes a form of cultural and political organization to speak about the violence that appears in the city, this work reports the experience of having carried out this journey through Commune 13. In this sense, it aims to reflect on how discourses are produced on metropolitan edges in contemporary times and on the role of urban artistic manifestations in the interpretation of violence and in the construction of social memory.

scholarly journals Serological trail of Brucella infection in an urban slum population in Brazil

2012 ◽  
Vol 6 (09) ◽  
pp. 675-679 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martha Olivera Angel ◽  
Paula Ristow ◽  
Albert Icksang Ko ◽  
Cecilia Di–Lorenzo
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
Brucella Abortus ◽  
Urban Slum ◽  
Healthy Individuals ◽  
Brucella Infection ◽  
Brucella Canis ◽  
Human Sera ◽  
And Control ◽  
The City ◽  
Latin American Countries

Introduction: Brucellosis is a re-emerging zoonosis with new cases reported each year in many Latin American countries, but it is mostly under-recognized. This study presents a serological investigation of infection with Brucella abortus and Brucella canis in a poor urban community in the city of Salvador, Brazil. Methodology: Human sera (n = 180) were randomly selected from 3,171 samples taken from healthy individuals during 2003-2004 and tested with C-ELISA for B. abortus and I-ELISA for B. canis. Results: Thirteen percent (24/180) of the individuals were positive for B. abortus and 4.6 % (8/174) were positive for B. canis. Among the variables studied only age (older than 45 years) appeared to be a risk factor for the detection of Brucella antibodies. Conclusion: These results indicate the presence of Brucella infection in this settlement and highlight the need to understand the epidemiology of infection under these circumstances to establish the necessary measures for surveillance and control.

Domestic Violence Reporting during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence from Latin America

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Santiago M. Perez-Vincent ◽  
Enrique Carreras
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Buenos Aires ◽  
Physical Violence ◽  
Relative Cost ◽  
Different Types ◽  
The City ◽  
Latin American Countries ◽  
Valuable Service ◽  
Perceived Costs

This article examines changes in the frequency and characteristics of domestic violence reports after the start of the pandemic and the imposition of mobility restrictions in six Latin American countries. The study uses three types of data sources: calls to domestic violence hotlines (for the City of Buenos Aires in Argentina, Colombia, and Peru); calls to emergency lines (for Ecuador, Lima in Peru, and Costa Rica); and police/legal complaints (for Colombia, Ecuador, and Uruguay). Data through June 2020 shows that the pandemic's impact on domestic violence reports varied significantly across countries, periods, types of violence, and reporting channels. Calls to domestic violence hotlines soared, but calls to emergency lines and police complaints fell (especially in the first weeks of the pandemic). Significantly distinct patterns are observed between reports of psychological and physical violence, and non-cohabitant and cohabitant violence. These patterns are consistent with the pandemic changing the relative incidence of different types of violence and altering the perceived costs of reporting them through alternative channels. Increases in calls to domestic violence hotlines suggest that this channel was best suited to respond to victims' needs during the pandemic. In turn, the drop in legal complaints and calls to comprehensive emergency lines are consistent with an increase in the perceived (relative) cost of using these channels. The findings reveal how the pandemic altered domestic violence victims' demand for institutional help and highlight the relevance of domestic violence hotlines as an accessible and valuable service.

Urban Squatting in Latin America: Relevance of ‘Guided Occupancy’

2012 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 28-37
Author(s):  
Belén Gesto ◽  
Guillermo Gómez ◽  
Julián Salas
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Research Team ◽  
Front Page ◽  
National Legislation ◽  
Universal Solution ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Formed Part ◽  
The City ◽  
Latin American Countries

While the illegal occupation of land by families lacking the means to acquire housing on the market is hardly front page news in Latin America, it may not merit the silence to which it has been relegated of late. The authors, who formed part of a research team on the subject, conclude that urban squatting is still very common today. The team found that most Latin American countries are amending their municipal, provincial and national legislation in this regard and backing programmes for consolidation and improvement. In a nutshell, they are adopting a more tolerant attitude toward squatting. The authors believe that the Guided Occupancy Programme successfully implemented by the city of Trujillo, Peru, for over a decade, constitutes an exemplary approach to the problem. While not necessarily constituting a universal solution, it can be viewed as a viable and reproducible alternative in situations of widespread poverty.

Labor Productivity in Projects of Construction and Industrial Maintenance

2014 ◽  
Vol 615 ◽  
pp. 139-144 ◽  
Author(s):  
Imelda Loera-Hernández ◽  
Gerardo Espinosa-Garza
Keyword(s):  
Labor Productivity ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Lean Manufacturing ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Work Sampling ◽  
Industrial Group ◽  
Industrial Maintenance ◽  
Main Factors ◽  
The City ◽  
Latin American Countries

This paper is an accomplished investigation in a main industrial group of the city of Altamira, México, as part of a program of improvement of the labor productivity in the area of construction and maintenance of Aguila Industrial Group. The research focuses on the development of a methodology to assess the labor productivity of the industrial maintenance projects. In the methodology, we propose the use of a work sampling tool in order to identify the main factors that affect labor productivity as well as we proposes apply lean manufacturing tools to improvement labor productivity. In the paper, we discuss the implementation findings of the developed methodology as well as the preliminary outcomes of the main factors affecting labor productivity in the construction and maintenance industry; such outcomes provide a guide in the labor productivity management in one of the sectors that exhibits less development grade in most of the Latin-American countries.

scholarly journals The Characteristics of Culture and Religions in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam: Processes of Acculturation, Transformation and Accumulation

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 27-51
Author(s):  
Truong Van Chung
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
South Asian ◽  
Cultural Exchange ◽  
Cultural Identities ◽  
Ho Chi Minh City ◽  
World Religions ◽  
New Religions ◽  
The City ◽  
Latin American Countries ◽  
Selection Of

Ho Chi Minh City is a city which has received and accumulated many cultures and religions from around the world, from Oriental culture to Western civilization, from West Asian and East Asian cultures to South Asian and Southeast Asian cultures. The cultures of some African and Latin American countries have also arrived recently. Most world religions, regional religions, national religions and even new religions are present in the city. The characteristic of religions and cultural identities of Ho Chi Minh City is in the process of transformation, receipt and selection of the cultural and religion elements of those cultures. Based on the research results of a scientific research on the topic, “Cultural and religion life in Ho Chi Minh City in the era of international integration”, we would like to share some opinions about the characteristics of culture and religions in the process of cultural exchange, acculturation and accumulation of Ho Chi Minh City from traditional to modern stage.

scholarly journals Association between Active Transportation and Public Transport with an Objectively Measured Meeting of Moderate-to-Vigorous Physical Activity and Daily Steps Guidelines in Adults by Sex from Eight Latin American Countries

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (21) ◽  
pp. 11553
Author(s):  
Diego Herreros-Irarrázabal ◽  
Juan Guzmán-Habinger ◽  
Sandra Mahecha Matsudo ◽  
Irina Kovalskys ◽  
Georgina Gómez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Public Transport ◽  
Vigorous Physical Activity ◽  
Active Transportation ◽  
Nutrition And Health ◽  
Steps Per Day ◽  
Mode Of Transportation ◽  
Objectively Measured ◽  
Latin American Countries

This study aimed to examine the associations between active transportation and public transport and the objectively measured meeting of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and steps per day guidelines in adults by sex from eight Latin American countries. As part of the Latin American Study of Nutrition and Health (ELANS), data were collected from 2524 participants aged 18–65 years. MVPA and steps per day were evaluated using Actigraph GT3X accelerometers. The mode of transportation, its frequency and duration were collected using a self-reported questionnaire. The average time dedicated to active transportation was 12.8 min/day in men (IQR: 2.8–30.0) and 12.9 min/day in women (IQR: 4.3–25.7). A logistic regression analysis was conducted, showing that active transportation (≥10 min) was associated with higher odds of meeting MVPA guidelines (men: OR: 2.01; 95%CI: 1.58–2.54; women: OR: 1.57; 95%CI: 1.25–1.96). These results show a greater association when considering active transportation plus public transport (men: OR: 2.98; 95%CI: 2.31–3.91; women: OR: 1.82; 95%CI: 1.45–2.29). Active transportation plus public transport was positively associated with meeting steps per day guidelines only in men (OR: 1.55; 95%CI: 1.15–2.10). This study supports the suggestion that active transportation plus public transport is significantly associated with meeting the MVPA and daily steps recommendations.

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