This paper focuses on the relationship between metropolitan and regional health planning based on the processes of regionalization and the Pact for Health in the Baixada Santista Metropolitan Area, Sao Paulo State, Brazil. ...

The analysis of organic-product consumer behavior deals primarily with preferences. There is a need to better understand the predictors that determine consumer choices when purchasing organic products. Metropolitan Lima ...

© 2017, Springer International Publishing AG. The temporal and spatial trends in the variability of PM10 and PM2.5 from 2010 to 2015 in the metropolitan area of Lima-Callao, Peru, are studied and interpreted in this work. ...

The most extreme precipitation event in Metropolitan Lima (ML) occurred on 15 January 1970 (16 mm), this event caused serious damage, and the real vulnerability of this city was evidenced; the population is still not ...

Lima es un caso curioso: fue una metrópoli sin grandes complejos industriales, con suburbios y también con barriadas; con un centro histórico tercerizado y también deteriorado. Ahora somos una megalópolis con una mínima ...

El autor comenta acerca de los problemas de la gestión municipal de Lima en cuanto a la planificación urbana y el uso del espacio público. Igualmente, brinda algunas opciones para un mejor proyecto de urbanización.

Earthquakes occurring in the Peru-Chile Trench can trigger tsunamis that damage the Peruvian coast. The Directorate of Hydrography and Navigation plans to install three offshore tsunameters in 2023. We propose a tsunami ...

This dissertation consists in a study about the perspectives of territorial transformation in the South Vector of the Belo Horizonte Metropolitan Area (RMBH). The Metropolitan Development Master Plan of the Belo Horizonte ...

A quantitative methodology that computes the capacity of hospitals to operate on injured people in the aftermath of a seismic event is presented. The model incorporates variables such as organizational and human preparedness, ...