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How to measure the urban-wildland ecotone: Redefining ´peri-urban´ areas
(Ecological Research, 2010)
Risk of Giardia infection for drinking water and bathing in a peri-urban area in Sao Paulo, Brazil
(TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD, 2011)
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. ...
CHANGES IN SOCIAL AND TERRITORIAL the metropolitan periphery: PERIURBAN CITY, STRATEGIES AND LOCAL GOVERNANCE IN SANTIAGO DE CHILE
(UNIV BARCELONA, DEPT GEOGRAFIA HUMANA, 2010)
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 ...
Crop proximity index for monitoring of peri-urban land use in agro-industrial crop regions
(Elsevier, 2020-07-01)
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 ...
Quality of Life and Habitability Conditions in Peri-urban areas of Southern Mar del Plata, Argentina: A Multimethod Study
(Springer, 2018-04)
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 ...
Impact of urban growth and high residential irrigation on streamflow and groundwater levels in a peri-urban semiarid catchment
(Blackwell, 2019)
The impact of urbanization on groundwater is not simple to understand, as it depends on a variety of factors such as climate, hydrogeology, water management practices, and infrastructure. In semiarid landscapes, the ...
Mapping and characterizing the Green Belt of Córdoba: land dynamics and the urban-rural transformation process
(Open Access Pub, 2019)
In Córdoba, Argentina, the peri-urban horticulture is in conflict with industrial agriculture and urban development. This problem is partly due to urban expansion to rural areas occurred in the last years and to monoculture ...