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Building Workforce Capacities in Bogotá, Colombia

2014
This chapter describes and analyses a strategy to improve the capacity and quality of care of the maternal and child healthcare workforce throughout the city of Bogota between 2004 and 2011, referencing significant landmarks acknowledged by participant health professionals.
Francisco Lamus, Rosa Margarita Durán, Luz Adriana Soto, Esperanza Avellaneda, Sonia Restrepo   +4 more
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Assessing the role of the built environment and sociodemographic characteristics on walking travel distances in Bogotá

, 2020
Planning for more sustainable mobility is an important goal for public authorities worldwide. Setting better conditions for pedestrians and cyclists has been related to many social benefits, such as less pollution and congestion. Local authorities, aware
L. Guzman, J. Peña, J. Carrasco
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Urban form and population density: Influences on Urban Heat Island intensities in Bogotá, Colombia

Urban Climate, 2019
This paper presents a study based on the relationship between Urban Heat Islands (UHI) and population size ( p ) by considering the Population Density (PD ) and the urban form parameters of different neighbourhoods in the city of Bogota, Colombia.
Edwin Alejandro Ramírez-Aguilar, L. Souza   +1 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Consumption study and margin of exposure of acrylamide in food consumed by the Bogotá population in Colombia

Journal of Food Composition and Analysis, 2021
Acrylamide is a food contaminant that is formed during processes such as frying, baking and roasting. According to the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), acrylamide is a possible carcinogenic compound in humans.
Wilson Roberto Barón Cortés, S. M. Vásquez Mejía, Héctor Suárez Mahecha   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Gender stereotypes affecting active mobility of care in Bogotá

, 2020
Urban cycling and mobility of care are in the spotlight of scholarly pursuits and policy agendas that promote sustainable and inclusive cities in the Global South.
Valentina Montoya-Robledo, Laureen Montes Calero, V. Carvajal, Diana Carolina Molina, Wilmer Pipicano, A. Peña, Christian Pipicano, Jose Segundo López Valderrama, Maria Andrea Fernández, Isabela Porras, Nestor Arias, Leonel Miranda   +11 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Indicators for evaluating sustainability in Bogota’s informal settlements: Definition and validation

, 2020
In recent years, informal settlements at the peripheries of Latin American cities have experienced increased population growth. Based on the premise that sustainability is the capacity of a system to last over time, this article presents a methodology ...
Juanita Montoya, I. Cartes, A. Zumelzu
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Spatiotemporal correlation study of traffic accidents with fatalities and injuries in Bogota (Colombia).

Accident Analysis and Prevention, 2020
The planning and location of resources for urban traffic management generate complex decision problems, given the uncertainty of variables that explain traffic behavior, the lack of data, and the large number of factors to be considered when creating ...
A. Ramírez, Carlos F. Valencia
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Domestic workers’ commutes in Bogotá: Transportation, gender and social exclusion

, 2020
Transportation, gender and social exclusion have increasingly come together in scholarly pursuits and policy agendas in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Valentina Montoya-Robledo, Germán Escovar-Álvarez   +1 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Discovering relationships and forecasting PM10 and PM2.5 concentrations in Bogotá, Colombia, using Artificial Neural Networks, Principal Component Analysis, and k-means clustering

Atmospheric pollution research, 2018
Air pollution is an important matter for local authorities in Bogota (Colombia), with PM10 and PM2.5 being the most serious air pollutants in the city.
F. Franceschi, Martha Cobo, Manuel Figueredo   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Densification, private sector-led development, and social polarization in the global south: Lessons from a century of zoning in Bogotá

, 2020
Faced with rapid and uncontrolled urbanization, cities in the Global South have relied on densification strategies to contend with sprawl, social polarization, and environmental risks.
Juan G. Yunda, B. Sletto
semanticscholar   +1 more source