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Centring justice in conceptualizing and improving access to urban nature
People and Nature, Volume 5, Issue 3, Page 897-910, June 2023., 2023 Abstract As humanity has become increasingly urban, a growing number of people have been deprived of access to nature and the benefits it provides. This is especially true for marginalized groups, who often live in neighbourhoods where nature has been so diminished and degraded that it provides fewer types, and much lower levels of benefits.
Kelley E. Langhans +14 more
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Investigaciones Geográficas, 2023 El proceso de urbanización acelerado es un fenómeno sin precedentes que se traduce en nuevas configuraciones citadinas y diversas problemáticas ambientales, ya sea por un acelerado consumo de suelo o la demanda de recursos naturales.
Israel Vázquez Morán +3 more
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Review of Policy Research, Volume 40, Issue 2, Page 207-229, March 2023., 2023 Abstract Given the myriad of policy instruments aimed at enhancing water quantity conservation available to municipalities, what drives them to opt for a market‐based instrument (MBI)? MBIs can be effective and efficient policy instruments to enhance water quantity conservation, but there is little known about why municipalities utilize them.
Daniel Benjamin Bailey +2 more
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Revista Ciudades, Estados y Política, 2021 La investigación propone una metodología para la medición y evaluación de seis criterios de sostenibilidad urbana y aspecto físico (morfología), como aproximación válida para la determinación de la calidad de desarrollo urbano, aplicada a una ciudad ...
Sandra Cecilia Mesa García
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The drive to sustainability: A way in which local initiatives diffuse internationally
Politics &Policy, Volume 50, Issue 5, Page 967-991, October 2022., 2022 Abstract This article examines how local initiatives can gain international visibility and recognition as well as how they can diffuse to other cities. It explores the leadership of the mayors of Bogotá, Stockholm, and Portland, but also how there were specific contexts that favored the transformations of these cities.
Xira Ruiz‐Campillo
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Global Ecology and Conservation, 2023 Guano extraction in Peru has caused significant impacts on the endangered Humboldt penguin (HUPE, Spheniscus humboldti) colonies. These impacts include HUPE distress, breeding avoidance, and abandonment of nests.
Leonardo Doig-Alba +4 more
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Obesity Reviews, Volume 22, Issue S5, Octubre 2021., 2021 Resumen Prevenir la obesidad entre los jóvenes latinos que viven en Estados Unidos y en países latinoamericanos requiere reconocer la especificidad de los contextos y las interacciones entre actividad física (AF) y entorno construido (EC). El objetivo de este artículo es avanzar en la agenda de investigación sobre el EC y la AF con el fin de prevenir ...
Olga L. Sarmiento +11 more
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Obesity Reviews, Volume 22, Issue S5, Octubre 2021., 2021 Resumen La obesidad infantil es un problema grave en Latinoamérica y entre la población latina de EE. UU. Para ser eficaces, las políticas de salud pública tienen que estar guiadas por evidencias contextuales pertinentes, lo cual exige una capacidad de investigación sostenida a través del tiempo.
Deborah Salvo +13 more
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Revista Hábitat Sustentable, 2022 En las últimas décadas, los centros urbanos han enfrentado enormes desafíos, como el aumento de desastres naturales y la imposibilidad de recuperarse de los mismos.
Michelle Alina Ruíz-González +1 more
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Revista Vasca de Administración Pública, 2023 The Spanish urban law, configured by the old time Land Law of 1956 to the current Consolidated Text of the Land use Law and Urban Rehabilitation, has had a decisive change, the incorporation of Integrated Sustainable Urban Development (ISUD) as the ...
Álvaro Cerezo Ibarrondo
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