Journals
Magazine:
ARBOR-SCIENCE THOUGHT AND CULTURE
ISSN:
0210-1963
Year:
2022
Vol:
198
N°:
803
Pp:
a645
In the 21st century, for the first time in history, they are home to more than half of the world's population and generate approximately 80% of the world's GDP. Moreover, the evolution recorded over the last few decades suggests, according to all indicators, that the central role that cities have played since ancient times will be reinforced in the future. It is no coincidence that they are the true catalytic epicentres of the contemporary economic and social development.
Moreover, the vision of cities has been progressively changing and they are increasingly seen as drivers of global sustainable development. However, this does not mean that there are no dark spots, since it is also in urban environments where the main problems of our time (poverty, violence, pollution, etc.) reach their limits and where the most dramatic social and economic contrasts are revealed.
Among these issues is the environmental quality of urban spaces, an absolutely critical factor today, both because of the issuenumber of people who live in cities (and are therefore exposed to their conditions), and because of the repercussions they have on the planet's environment as a whole: the battle for sustainability will be won or lost in cities.
The study of the indices used to analyse the sustainability of cities is the subject of this work.
Magazine:
NUTRIENTS
ISSN:
2072-6643
Year:
2022
Vol:
14
N°:
13
Pp:
2561
Obesity is associated with a higher risk of several types of cancer, grouped as obesity-related cancers (ORC). Vitamin D deficiency is more prevalent in obese subjects, and it has been suggested to play a role in the association between obesity and cancer risk. The aim of the study was to analyze the association between vitamin D intake and the subsequent risk of ORC in a prospective Spanish cohort of university graduates. The SUN Project, initiated in 1999, is a prospective dynamic multipurpose cohort. Participants answered a 556-item lifestyle baseline questionnaire that included a validated food-frequency questionnaire. We performed Cox regression models to estimate the hazard ratios (HRs) of ORC according to quartiles of energy-adjusted vitamin D intake (diet and supplements). We included 18,017 participants (mean age = 38 years, SD = 12 years), with a median follow-up of 12 years. Among 206,783 person-years of follow-up, we identified 225 cases of ORC. We found no significant associations between vitamin D intake and ORC risk after adjusting for potential confounders: HRQ2vsQ1 = 1.19 (95% CI 0.81-1.75), HRQ3vsQ1 = 1.20 (95% CI 0.81-1.78), and HRQ4vsQ1 = 1.02 (95% CI 0.69-1.51). Dietary and supplemented vitamin D do not seem to be associated with ORC prevention in the middle-aged Spanish population.
Magazine:
BULLETIN OF THE ASSOCIATION OF SPANISH GEOGRAPHERS
ISSN:
0212-9426
This work analyses and represents cartographically at four points in time (2002, 2007, 2012 and 2017) the ageing of Spanish urban areas and their relationship with the ageing of the province in which they are located. Four ageing models are also defined according to the relationship between the intensity of ageing in 2020 and the rate of change for the entire period. The continuous census statistics are used to calculate the percentage of the population aged 65 and over as an indicator of ageing and the percentage of the population aged 80 and over as an indicator of over-ageing. The delimitation of the urban space chosen is that of the Statistical Atlas of Urban Areas in Spain. As main conclusions, (1) the contrasts in ageing between the urban and rural worlds have been reduced, while those of over-ageing have increased in favour of the rural world; (2) the sharpest contrasts are found between most of the urban areas of north-western Spain, with high levels and rapid rates of ageing, and the urban areas of the Mediterranean and Andalusian coasts, with slower levels and rates of ageing.
Magazine:
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
ISSN:
1660-4601
Year:
2021
Vol:
18
N°:
19
Pp:
10345
Background: Palliative care is a priority for health systems worldwide, yet equity in access remains unknown. To shed light on this issue, this study compares populations' driving time to specialized palliative care services in three countries: Ireland, Spain, and Switzerland. Methods: Network analysis of the population's driving time to services according to geolocated palliative care services using Geographical Information System (GIS). Percentage of the population living within a 30-min driving time, between 30 and 60 minutes, and over 60 min were calculated. Results: The percentage of the population living less than thirty minutes away from the nearest palliative care provider varies among Ireland (84%), Spain (79%), and Switzerland (95%). Percentages of the population over an hour away from services were 1.87% in Spain, 0.58% in Ireland, and 0.51% in Switzerland. Conclusion: Inequities in access to specialized palliative care are noticeable amongst countries, with implications also at the sub-national level.
Magazine:
URBAN FORESTRY AND URBAN GREENING
ISSN:
1618-8667
Year:
2021
Vol:
59
Ppgs:
127042
Since the seventies, cities all over the world are rediscovering their rivers. Recreational uses of the urban streams are becoming popular and public access to the waterfronts is being improved. This has led to the construction of a wide variety of public open spaces on the riverfront with different ways of interacting with the river ecosystem.
In this research, we elaborate a classification of riverfront parks based on two criteria: the position of the open space within the river corridor and the access possibilities from the open space to the water. To verify the applicability of the classification framework, seven Spanish urban rivers have been studied.
Results derived from the classification process show that public recreational riverfronts can be categorized into three classes: floodplain, upland and raised spaces. Within the floodplain spaces, fluvial subclass can be distinguished from riparian subclass in that the former allows greater access to water. The case study confirms the viability of the classification system and it is useful to describe the open space classes.
We found that, despite their spatial characteristics, design and use can be almost unlimited, there are patterns associated with each class. The methodology developed and its application (1) allows to know the amount of public spaces in the urban river corridor, (2) gives an organizing framework for understanding river-city recreational interactions and (3) facilitates the assessment of the riverbanks.
Magazine:
BULLETIN OF THE ASSOCIATION OF SPANISH GEOGRAPHERS
ISSN:
0212-9426
Year:
2021
Vol:
88
Ppgs:
1 - 39
This article analyses the existing land uses in the frequently flooded areas of Spanish urban areas. These are classified into groups, distinguishing between natural and anthropic land covers and, within them, uses compatible and non-compatible with river flooding. The analysis carried out determines and compares the distribution of uses in the fluvial space and in urban areas, studying the occupation of rivers according to the biogeographical region to which they belong and their flow temporality. The results show that (1) rivers in cities are potential green infrastructures where natural cover, landscaped, agricultural and livestock areas abound; (2) almost three quarters of the river space in urban areas has been occupied; and (3) anthropic pressure is greater in rivers in the Mediterranean region and, above all, in courses with intermittent flow. This work, highlights the lack of a coherent territorial planning of fluvial spaces and can be useful to contribute to a methodological systematisation that allows us to broaden and contrast the knowledge of this scientific line.
Magazine:
JOURNAL OF PAIN AND SYMPTOM MANAGEMENT
ISSN:
0885-3924
Year:
2020
Vol:
60
N°:
4
Pp:
746 - 753
Context. Approximately 170,000 children in need of palliative care die every year in Europe without access to it. This field remains an evolving specialty with unexplored development. Objectives. To conduct the first regional assessment of paediatric palliative care (PPC) development and provision using data from the European Association for Palliative Care atlas of palliative care 2019. Methods. Two surveys were conducted. The first one included a single question regarding PPC service provision and was addressed by European Association for Palliative Care atlas informants. The second one included 10 specific indicators derived from an open-ended interview and rating process; a specific network of informants was enabled and used as respondents. Data were analyzed and presented in the map of the figure. Results. Data on PPC service provision were gathered from 51 of 54 (94%) European countries. Additional data were collected in 34 of 54 (62%) countries. A total of 680 PPC services were identified including 133 hospices, 385 home care services, and 162 hospital services. Nineteen countries had specific standards and norms for the provision of PPC. Twenty-two countries had a national association, and 14 countries offered education for either paediatric doctors or nurses. In seven countries, specific neonatal palliative care referral services were identified. Conclusion. PPC provision is flourishing across the region; however, development is less accentuated in low-to-middle-income countries. Efforts need to be devoted to the conceptualization and definition of the models of care used to respond to the unmet need of PPC in Europe. The question whether specialised services are required or not should be further explored. Strategies to regulate and cover patients in need should be adapted to each national health system. (C) 2020 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. on behalf of American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine.
Magazine:
PALLIATIVE MEDICINE
ISSN:
0269-2163
Year:
2020
Vol:
34
N°:
8
Pp:
1044 - 1056
Background: Service provision is a key domain to assess national-level palliative care development. Three editions of the European
Association for Palliative Care (EAPC) Atlas of Palliative Care monitored the changes in service provision across Europe since 2005.
Aim: To study European trends of specialized service provision at home care teams, hospital support teams, and inpatient palliative
care services between 2005 and 2019.
Design: Secondary analysis was conducted drawing from databases on the number of specialized services in 2005, 2012, and 2019.
Ratios of services per 100,000 inhabitants and increase rates on number of services for three periods were calculated. Analysis of
variance (ANOVA) analyses were conducted to determine significant changes and chi-square to identify countries accounting for the
variance. Income-level and sub-regional ANOVA analysis were undertaken.
Setting: 51 countries.
Results: Forty-two countries (82%) increased the number of specialized services between 2005 and 2019 with changes for home care
teams (104% increase-rate), inpatient services (82%), and hospital support teams (48%). High-income countries showed significant
increase in all types of services (p <¿0.001), while low-to-middle-income countries showed significant increase only for inpatient
services. Central¿Eastern European countries showed significant improvement in home care teams and inpatient services, while
Western countries showed significant improvement in hospital support a
Magazine:
ACE. ARCHITECTURE, CITY AND ENVIRONMENT
ISSN:
1886-4805
Year:
2020
Vol:
44
Pgs:
1 - 30
Despite the abundance of publications on urban rivers, there is no research that focuses on their definition and, for the same reason, there are no official procedures to delimit them. The objectives of the present work are (1) to define what an urban river is and (2) to delimit the urban river sections for the Spanish territory. The main motivations for carrying out this study are diverse. Firstly, the scientific-geographical interest involved in analysing a complex issue such as this; secondly, the evidence that there are
conflicts between town councils and water administrations over the assumption of competences and, lastly, the idea, increasingly widespread among the academic community, of promote a differentiated management of urban and rural river space. Through the analysis of the planning scenario and management of watercourses in urban areas and reflection on the concept of the ¿urban river¿, it is concluded that a stretch of a river should be considered as urban when there are urban uses in its Public Water Domain or its Protection Zones and/or when this stretch is immersed in an urban matrix. On the basis of this definition, a methodology for delimitation on a national scale was drawn up, which indicates that 6% of the river network of the Spanish territory is urban in nature.
Authors:
Rivas, E. (Corresponding author); Santiago, J. L.; Lechón, Y.; et al.
Magazine:
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
ISSN:
0048-9697
Year:
2019
Vol:
649
Pgs:
1362 - 1380
A methodology based on CFD-RANS simulations (WA CFD-RANS, Weighted Averaged Computational Fluid Dynamic-Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes simulations) which includes appropriate modifications, has been applied to compute the annual, seasonal, and hourly average concentration of NO2 and NOX throughout the city of Pamplona (Spain) at pedestrian level during 2016. The results have been evaluated using measurements provided both by the city's network of air quality monitoring stations and by a network of mobile microsensors carried around by cyclists during their daily commutes, obtaining a maximum relative error lower than 30% when computing NO2 annual average concentrations.
The model has taken into account the actual city layout in three dimensions, as well as the traffic emissions. The resulting air pollutionmaps provided critical information for studying the traffic-related health effects ofNO2 and their associated external costs in the city of Pamplona and the spatial representativeness of the current network of air quality monitoring stations (it has not been carried out for an entire city to date). The developed methodology can be applied to similar cities, providing useful information for the decision-makers.
Magazine:
JOURNAL OF PAIN AND SYMPTOM MANAGEMENT
ISSN:
0885-3924
Year:
2019
Vol:
58
N°:
3
Ppgs:
445 - 453.e1
Context. International consensus on indicators is necessary to standardize the global assessment of palliative care (PC) development. Objectives. To identify the best indicators to assess current national-level PC development. Methods. Experts in PC development were invited to rate 45 indicators organised by domains of the World Health Organization Public Health Strategy in a two-round RAND/UCLA-modified Delphi process. In the first round, experts rated indicators by relevance, measurability, and feasibility (1-9). Ratings were used to calculate a global score (1-9). Indicators scoring >7 proceeded to the second round for fine-tuning of global scores. Median, confidence interval, Content Validity Index, and Disagreement Index were calculated. Indicators scoring a lower limit 95% confidence interval of >7 and a Content Validity Index of >= 0.30 were selected. Results. 24 experts representing five continents and several organizations completed the study. 25 indicators showed a high content validity and level of agreement. Policy indicators (n = 8) included the existence of designated staff in the National Ministry of Health and the inclusion of PC services in the basic health package and in the primary care level list of services. Education indicators (n = 4) focused on processes of official specialization for physicians, inclusion of teaching at the undergraduate level, and PC professorship. Use of medicines indicators (n = 4) consisted of opioid consumption, availability, and prescription requirements. Services indicators (n = 6) included number and type of services for adults and children. Additional indicators for professional activity (n = 3) were identified. Conclusion. The first list including 25 of the best indicators to evaluate PC development at a national level has been identified. (C) 2019 American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Magazine:
URBAN FORESTRY AND URBAN GREENING
ISSN:
1618-8667
Year:
2018
Vol:
31
Pgs:
252 - 260
Magazine:
BULLETIN OF THE ASSOCIATION OF SPANISH GEOGRAPHERS
ISSN:
0212-9426
Year:
2018
Vol:
78
Pgs.:
419 - 443
The present article sample reconciliation between the citizens of Arévalo (Ávila, Spain) and its rivers, through the execution of a project landscape improvement and conditioning. The keys to the success of the recovery of this river area, which had previously been degraded and forgotten, were threefold. Firstly, a well-considered project was drawn up for landscape recovery with a small budget, which was successfully implemented. Secondly, the idea of acting on the river landscape of this town received an important political impetus. Finally, it is worth highlighting the environmental sensitivity with which the project was developed in all its phases, as well as the involvement of the citizens themselves, who were made participants at all times in the execution process. The transformation of the landscape and its revaluation, as well as the recovery of the natural and cultural heritage linked to the rivers of Arévalo, have improved the quality of life of its inhabitants. The methodology used, which is replicable for future interventions in this or other localities, as well as the most relevant results, are presented in the present article.
Magazine:
FRONTIERS IN PHYSIOLOGY
ISSN:
1664-042X
Year:
2017
Vol:
7
Pgs:
658
Living in a geographically higher altitude affects oxygen availability. The possible connection between environmental factors and the development of metabolic syndrome (MetS) feature is not fully understood, being the available epidemiological evidence still very limited. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the longitudinal association between altitude and incidence of MetS and each of its components in a prospective Spanish cohort, The Seguimiento Universidad de Navarra (SUN) project. Our study included 6860 highly educated subjects (university graduates) free from any MetS criteria at baseline. The altitude of residence was imputed with the postal code of each individual subject residence according to the data of the Spanish National Cartographic Institute and participants were categorized into tertiles. MetS was defined according to the harmonized definition. Cox proportional hazards models were used to assess the association between the altitude of residence and the risk of MetS during follow-up. After a median follow-up period of 10 years, 462 incident cases of MetS were identified. When adjusting for potential confounders, subjects in the highest category of altitude (>456 m) exhibited a significantly lower risk of developing MetS compared to those in the lowest tertile (<122 m) of altitude of residence [Model 2: Hazard ratio = 0.75 (95% Confidence interval: 0.580.97); p for trend = 0.029]. Living at geographically higher altitude was associated with a lower risk of developing MetS in the SUN project. Our findings suggest that geographical elevation may be an important factor linked to metabolic diseases.
Magazine:
PLOS ONE
ISSN:
1932-6203
Year:
2016
Vol:
11
N°:
11
Pp:
e0164483
BACKGROUND:
Residence at high altitude has been associated with lower obesity rates probably due to hypoxia conditions. However, there is no evidence of this association in a free-living population.
OBJECTIVES:
We assessed the association between the altitude where each participant of a Spanish cohort (the SUN Project) was living and the incidence of overweight/obesity.
METHODS:
The SUN Project is a dynamic, prospective, multipurpose cohort of Spanish university graduates with a retention rate of 89%. We included in the analysis 9 365 participants free of overweight/obesity at baseline. At the baseline questionnaire, participants reported their postal code and the time they had been living in their city/village. We imputed the altitude of each postal code according to the data of the Spanish National Cartographic Institute and categorized participants in tertiles. We used Cox regression models to adjust for potential confounding variables.
RESULTS:
During a median follow-up of 10 years, we identified 2 156 incident cases of overweight/obesity. After adjusting for sex, age, time of residence at current city, baseline body mass index, physical activity, sedentarism and years of education (¿ 3 years, ¿ 4 years, Master/PhD), those participants in the third tertile (>456 m) exhibited a statistically significant 14% reduction in the risk of developing overweight/obesity in comparison to those in the first tertile (<124 m) (adjusted HR = 0.86; 95% CI: 0.77, 0.96).
CONCLUSIONS:
Living in cities of higher altitude was inversely associated with the risk of developing overweight/obesity in a cohort of Spanish university graduates.
Magazine:
PROCEDIA: SOCIAL & BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
ISSN:
1877-0428
Year:
2015
N°:
197
Pp:
361-370
An important immigration rise occurred in Spain during the last decade of the twentieth century and the first decade of the twenty-first. The Spanish education system has been affected by this phenomenon. As a result, both the national government and the governments of the autonomous communities in Spain have developed measures regarding the access and integration of this population into the educational system. In particular, we present a statistical analysis of the educational profile of the Moroccan immigrants in the region of Navarra, as compared to the immigrants from other nationalities and to the native population. For that purpose, we consider the following educational stages: Pre-primary Education, Primary Education, Secondary Education and Vocational Training. In connection with these stages we analyze the kind of school in which they are enrolled (government schools or non-government schools) and the linguistic model they select (Spanish or various combinations of Spanish and other
languages). The first results confirm that the percentage of Moroccan students enrolled in government schools is much higher than the percentage of the rest of the foreign and native population enrolled in these schools. Moreover, most Moroccan students pursue their studies in the linguistic model in which Spanish is prevalent. However, the percentage of Moroccan students who choose the English Learning Program model is greater than the percentage of students from other nationalities and
Books
Place of Edition:
Houston
publishing house:
IAHPC Press
Year:
2021
Place of Edition:
Houston
publishing house:
IAHPC Press
Year:
2019
List of national-level palliative care indicators providing a specific, evidence-based starting point on the development of palliative care, adding evidence to existence studies and allowing for replication. Furthermore, this allows for assessing national level progress and conducting comparative analysis and prospective studies. Tracking the indicators across time offers the opportunity to pool data data in a same repository that could be prospectively evaluated, allowing for trends in palliative care development at the international level.
Authors:
Arias-Casais, N.; Garralda, E; Rhee, J. Y.; et al.
Place of Edition:
Vilvoorde, Belgium
publishing house:
EAPC Press
Year:
2019
publishing house:
Compass group publishing house
Year:
2018
Place of Edition:
Pamplona
publishing house:
LIFE13 Program ENV/ES/000417
Year:
2018
It gathers the main results generated during the implementation of project LIFE+RESPIRA, carried out in the city of Pamplona (Navarra, Spain) by an interdisciplinary team of more than 30 researchers belonging to the University of Navarra, the Centre for Energy, Environmental and Technological Research (CIEMAT) and management Ambiental de Navarra (GAN-NIK). The book, which has been published at Spanish and in English, is divided into 7 chapters: 1. Sustainable cities? 2. exhibition of citizens to air pollution 3. Role of urban vegetation in air quality 4. Impacts of urban pollution 6. mobility and urban sustainability 7. speech and Education environmental. This book aims to be a useful guide for scientists, managers and citizens, providing a set of tools to improve the quality of life in our cities. It also aims to pay tribute to all the volunteer cyclists who took part in project and who are the real architects of the book, as thanks to their unconditional dedication over more than two years, they have provided a huge amount of information on the air quality of the city of Pamplona, data .
Place of Edition:
Pamplona
publishing house:
LIFE13 Program ENV/ES/000417
Year:
2018
This book collects the main outcomes that were generated during the implementation of the LIFE+RESPIRA project (LIFE13 ENV/ES/000417), carried out in the city of Pamplona, Navarra, Spain. The research was conducted by a cross-functional team made up of more than 30 researchers belonging to three entities: The University of Navarra, the Centre for Energy, Environmental and Technological Research (CIEMAT) and Environmental Management of Navarra (GAN-NIK).
Authors:
Rhee, J. Y.; Luyirika, E.; Namisango, E.; et al.
Place of Edition:
Houston
publishing house:
IAHPC Press
Year:
2017
The current APCA Atlas provides the most up-to-date information of palliative care development in nearly all countries in Africa, using indicators derived, rated, and chosen by in-country African experts followed by a thorough Delphi consensus process with a panel of international experts on palliative care indicators. Therefore, the current APCA Atlas also provides an up-to-date base of indicators specific to the African context, chosen by African experts. The Atlas offers a panoramic view utilising the World Health Organization¿s (WHO) palliative care public health strategy dimensions and palliative care professional activity (vitality) through a combination of methods including data collection from national experts in the field and peer-reviewed literature, peer-reviewed literature, data collection from national experts in the field and peer-reviewed literature.
field and peer-reviewed literature, ensuring data quality. These results provide the most comprehensive and reliable information on palliative care development, to date.
Place of Edition:
Houston
publishing house:
IAHPC Press
Year:
2017
This book aims to fill the gap in knowledge on the status of palliative care development in the Eastern Mediterranean region. It presents
the most relevant information on palliative care development in a way that is clear, accessible, and easy to interpret for professionals,
policymakers, and the general public. We explore the existence and availability of specialized palliative care services; the existence
of a licensing process for physicians in the form of a specialty or sub-specialty; and the existence of educational initiatives within the
field of palliative care in medical schools, nursing schools, or other settings.
We also document the number of professors engaged in teaching palliative care in various disciplines; the existence of a policy umbrella
insuring the proper implementation of palliative care services, such as a national law on palliative care, a national palliative care
plan or strategy, or a concrete reference to palliative care in a national
cancer control program; the existence of funding and coverage for palliative care; and
for palliative care; and the presence of evidence-based documents
such as guidelines, recommendations, or clinical pathways.
Data on the availability of strong opioids, as well as general data on consumption of opioids expressed in morphine equivalence are presented.
Finally, existence of national palliative care organisations, and of individuals or larger groups devoted to research in palliative care are listed, as these are indications of vitality in the
Place of Edition:
Pamplona
publishing house:
Publications Service University of Navarra
Year:
2016
Place of Edition:
Houston
publishing house:
IAHPC Press
Year:
2013
Place of Edition:
Milan
publishing house:
EAPC Press
Year:
2013
Authors:
Vries, Aldert de; Velasco, Xabier; Garcia, Marian; et al.
Place of Edition:
Pamplona
publishing house:
NASURSA
Year:
2011
Book chapters
Book:
The role of territory and territorial policies in the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Strategy.
Place of Edition:
Valencia
publishing house:
Universitat de València
Year:
2022
Págs:
507 - 519
Territorial cohesion is a fundamental political goal at many different scales, from European to regional. This work explains the conceptual instructions and the development of the Territorial Cohesion Fund of Navarra, a new financial instrument designed to strengthen the driving role played by certain municipalities in their environment and whose empowerment is expected to improve territorial balance.
Book:
Cross-cutting issues in the innovation of teaching and research of social and legal sciences: Special reference letter to the impact of COVID-19, new technologies and methodologies, gender perspectives and diversity.
Place of Edition:
Madrid
publishing house:
Dykinson
Year:
2021
Págs:
757 - 775
The period of the COVID-19 pandemic has served to test the use of digital tools that aim to place the student in places that could not be accessed due to health restrictions, recreating in some way the visit and offering the same content that would otherwise have been learnt in situ. This is known as virtual excursions or visits, which are intended as a substitute for face-to-face access to the specific places of interest. This is not a new aspect, as work on new types of teaching formats has been going on for a long time, although it is true that the pandemic has multiplied the examples of application.
In the specific field of Earth Sciences, the development of online geographic information systems technology has led to the arrival of a whole series of work tools that allow the professor to bring the territory closer to the classroom, using interactive maps and other Materials such as photographs, videos, texts and an endless number of teaching Materials .
Book:
Advances in Mobility-as-a-Service Systems
Place of Edition:
Cham
publishing house:
Springer International Publishing
Year:
2021
Ppgs:
957 - 969
The urban transport plans in Chile have had a successful development in the last decades, mainly due to economic growth and to better practices in public policies, but, above all, to the central administration¿s need for planning and organizing the state¿s traffic. This article aims to demonstrate how this country adopted an urban mobility culture to include more sustainable modes of transportations in its public infrastructure. Firstly, this study exposes the situation of urban transportation before the assumption of new policies by the central government, in which the main issue lied on poor management and a lack of organization. Followingly, an analysis of the results of projects developed after such reforms, is presented. Overall, deriving from these results, this study provides evidence for the following: an increase in the inclusion of sustainable modes of transportation in Chile¿s infrastructure projects, and a slight decrease in the relative importance of private modes of transportation, compared to the past.
Book:
Population and territory: Spain after the 2008 crisis.
Place of Edition:
Albolote (Granada)
publishing house:
Comares
Year:
2020
Págs:
175 - 190
Demographic ageing is a matter of concern from many points of view, including the spatial location of the elderly. And although this phenomenon mainly affects the rural world, there are more and more city neighbourhoods whose population is in an advanced state of ageing. This has obvious social, mobility, welfare and other consequences. This is why this aspect is always taken into account when analysing the vulnerability of different urban areas.
From this perspective, the present work aims to (1) establish a suitable methodology for the delimitation of what can be considered an ageing neighbourhood today and (2) show how to result the status of this phenomenon by urban areas, using the latest available census data (2017), at census section level.
Book:
Mobilità verticale per l'accessibilità / Vertical Mobility for Accessibility: Oltre il Quadrato e la X.
Place of Edition:
Conegliano
publishing house:
Anteferma Edizioni Srl
Year:
2020
Pgs:
32 - 39
Vertical mobility plays a key role in the accessibility of architectural heritage: an extraneous requisite, but indispensable for enhancing the built heritage in an inclusive way. In this framework, in the light of their multiple technological features, mechanical devices will be discussed, taking into account the interaction with the users (individuals and community). Urban and architectural design in the historical context is very often confronted with vertical mobility, in the relationships between fragmented spaces and the perceptive processes of the user. The mechanical devices can be read at the same time as technological products and as iconic moments of the narrative sequence of different urban areas. A focus will be placed on the social relevance of vertical mobility, with reference to the theme of the healthy city. The paper will report several results from an interdisciplinary research opportunity, stemming from MOVE AGED, specifically devoted to the specific needs of elderly people in the historical parts of urban settlements.
The paper proposes architectural heritage as a thought-provoking, trans-disciplinary application field. In fact, the user¿s experience and technological innovation have become indispensable terms of reference in the activities of knowing, conserving and enhancing; over the last decades topics such as social inclusion, participation processes and community involvement have entered the domain of architectural heritage.
Book:
Sociological study on suicide in the Balearic Islands. Etiology and social construction
Place of Edition:
Palma de Mallorca
publishing house:
Rapitbook
Year:
2019
Ppgs:
132-135
Suicide is one of the most striking social phenomena in today's society. More than 800,000 people in the world decide to take their own lives every year, around 3,600 in Spain and 78 in the Balearic Islands (60 in Mallorca, 8 in Menorca and 10 in Ibiza-Formentera). Society is alarmed, and with good reason. Society is alarmed, and rightly so: what drives individuals to commit suicide? This book tries to answer this distressing question from the sociological paradigm that studies the influence of coercive institutions on the conscience of the individual, who is permanently controlled by the state. The author refutes the clichés, myths and legends that attribute death by autolysis to environmental factors (the meteoropathies derived from the tramontane and isolation, mainly) when he argues, in the French sociological tradition, that the suicidal person is not mentally ill, but a social alienated person who has broken the bond that would keep him/her united to society.
Book:
Geographic Information Technologies: multidisciplinary perspectives in the knowledge
society.
publishing house:
University of Valencia
Year:
2018
Ppgs:
414 - 423
Urban air quality is a very relevant aspect for the well-being of citizens and is increasingly present in the social and political
more and more present in the social and political discussion . In order to have a healthy atmosphere in our cities, it is necessary to have detailed information on how pollution is distributed in each city,
detailed information on how pollution is distributed in every part of the city and not only around the
and not only around the air quality control booths.
This is the context for the project LIFE+ RESPIRA (2014-2017), which is conceived as a citizen science initiative, in which
initiative, in which around 150 volunteer cyclists have travelled around the metropolitan area of Pamplona over the course of the year.
area of Pamplona over two years, equipped with geolocated sensors for different types of atmospheric pollutants (CO, NOx, CO
atmospheric pollutants (CO , NOX, O3 and suspended particles).
During that time, the volunteers have cycled some 47,000 km, contributing to
almost 150 million measurements in more than 4 million geolocated positions along the streets of the city and its surroundings.
the streets of the city and its surroundings, covering most of the seasonal, hourly, weather and traffic situations of a year,
weather and traffic situations of a typical year.
With all this huge amount of information, it has been possible to produce a large number of very detailed air quality maps, which have
of air quality, which have made it possible to model the behaviour of each pollutant under study
agreement to the different conditions that arise.
Book:
Patrimonio y paisaje. Ondarea eta paisaia
Place of Edition:
Pamplona
publishing house:
Nabarralde Fundazioa
Year:
2017
Ppgs:
146-154
Book:
Strategic Environmental Assessment: Integrating Landscape and Urban Planning.
Place of Edition:
Cham
publishing house:
Springer International Publishing
Year:
2016
Ppgs:
109-111
Book:
Emigration, identity and receiving countries.
Place of Edition:
Valencia
publishing house:
Tirant Humanities
Year:
2014
Págs:
51-71
Book:
Territorial planning and development of business land in Spain.
Place of Edition:
Cizur Menor
publishing house:
Thomson Reuters - Aranzadi
Year:
2014
Ppgs:
205-242
Book:
Active Policies in Tourism. Responses to the singularity of the labor market
Place of Edition:
Mijas
publishing house:
association Spanish Association of Scientific Experts on Tourism (AECIT)
Year:
2011
Págs:
1-23
