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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Latin American cities"”.
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Institutional perspectives on road pricing : essays on implementation, response, and adaptation
… topics. 1) Vehicle Restrictions in Four Latin American Cities: Is Congestion Pricing Possible? 2) Potential Impacts of Road Pricing on Businesses and Freight Transport: The Case of the Netherlands 3) Implications of the London Congestion Charge for Firms in Key Economic Sectors: …
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Spatial segregation in complex urban systems : housing and public policy in Santiago, Chile
The growth of mega-cities within the developing world has presented extreme challenges to ensuring the fundamental well-being of the general population and providing basic access to social services for all, especially adequate housing. Urban change in the mega-city has been particularly rapid and …
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Dwelling transformations : Santa Ursula, Mexico City
… Mexico City, and with some variations in other Latin American cities. Fifty per cent of the urban land in Mexico City is occupied by this type of dwelling. The purpose of this study is to develop a method to detect and measure the physical changes over time of a group of dwelling units in a …
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Eugenics in the garden: architecture, medicine, and landscape from France to Latin America in the early twentieth century
… that saw the radical transformation of Latin American cities into metropolises-race and environment became social determinants of the modem utopian project of eugenics, the biological and social movement that claimed nothing less than the "improvement" of the human race. My study reveals …
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Evangelizing Neoliberalism through Megachurches in Latin America and the United States
… worldwide Evangelicalism, is the megachurch. In Latin America megachurches have proliferated and grown in political influence when they first came into contact with neoliberalism during Pinochet's dictatorship in Chile. As Latin America's poor first migrated out of rural areas into Latin American …
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Cali Pachanguero: A Social History of Salsa in a Colombian City
… in Cali sheds light on its diffusion to other Latin American cities, where it has also played an important role in developing transnational links and cosmopolitan sensibilities. This study anchors salsa's local adoption in the spread of Cuban-based antecedents to Colombia during the 1920s--50s, …
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The case of inclusive gentrification in Casco Viejo : when long-term investment and community interests align
… and the complexities of tenure informality in Latin American cities, this thesis builds the case that neither the speculative models of gentrification that lead to exclusion nor a resistance to change that perpetuates existing inequalities are desirable outcomes. Instead, when real estate …
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The production of marginality. Paradoxes of urban planning and housing policies in Cali, Colombia
… 70 years, urban marginality persists in most Latin American cities. Although this condition has been strongly associated with informal settlements, the premise underpinning this research is that marginality can be produced by the state through the construction of large-scale social housing …
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Equity and Climate Resilience in Bogotá's Public Space Policy: A Critical Policy Review
… principles are embedded in policy instruments in Latin American cities. Addressing this gap, this thesis develops an analytical framework informed by literature on urban environmental justice and climate adaptation. This framework serves as both an evaluative tool and a resource for policymakers …
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Informal Car Share's Contribution to Urban Resilience in Quito, Ecuador
Latin American cities are challenged by the effects of population growth and insufficient infrastructure. As a consequent, Informal Car Share (ICS) is increasingly filling the gap as a transportation choice for underserved populations. ICS is the use of private vehicles to provide transportation …
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Social Disorganization and the Public Level of Crime Control: A Spatial Analysis of Ecological Predictors of Homicide Rates in Bogota, Colombia
… that are analogous to those used in the American literature but that are more reflective of both social realities and data availability in Colombia. The study used data from several sources including official homicide figures from the National Institute of Forensic Medicine, …
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Waste pickers in Bogotá : from informal practice to policy
… work force of the recycling business in Latin American cities. Waste pickers have overtaken this commercial and environmental task as a survival strategy long before the state and private entities became interested in participating in this profitable business. Waste pickers separate, …
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Patterns of international migration in the Santiago Metropolitan Area - Characterization of the immigrants' social space and contributions to the national policy debate
… by a notable increase in the number of South American migrants, being attracted by better job opportunities. Moreover, there are growing numbers of young migrants for educational reasons. Chile appears to present an “intervening opportunity” in the migrants’ decision-making process, where a …