A high incidence of waterborne diseases is observed worldwide and in order to address contamination problems prior to an outbreak, quantitative microbial risk assessment is a useful tool for estimating the risk of infection. ...

Chile has undergone strong transformations in its rural and peri-urban space since the second half of the 20th century. Some studies analyze the spatial implications at the national and regional levels of rural instruments ...

In pen-urban rural areas of the Metropolitan Region of Santiago de Chile, the processes of socio-territorial transformation are not homogeneous spatial expression. In this, the strategies of local actors in the processes ...

Peri-urban infestations with triatomine bugs, their sources and their dynamics have rarely been investigated. Here, we corroborated the reported occurrence of Triatoma infestans in a peri-urban area and in neighbouring ...

Peri-urban areas in Latin America exhibit significant social and environmental problems that affect the quality of life of their inhabitants. Based on previous studies, this paper aims to evaluate the quality of life in ...

The massive use of pesticides in the production of food and raw materials generates growing world concern due to the numerous evidences of their negative effects on health and the environment. In countries where detailed ...

Latin America is a highly urbanized region characterized by remarkable inequality levels, also reflected in an uneven distribution of opportunities, making socio-economic segregation quite visible. Since the individual ...

The agro-industrial production of genetically modified organisms uses great amounts of pesticides, close to cities, which generates growing concern due to the numerous evidence of their negative effects on health and the ...

The objective of this paper was to assess bacteriological quality of drinking water in a peri-urban area located in the Metropolitan Region of São Paulo, Brazil. A total of 89 water samples were collected from community ...