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Entropy as a measure of attractiveness and socioeconomic complexity in Rio de Janeiro Metropolitan Area
(MDPI, 2020)
Defining and measuring spatial inequalities across the urban environment remains a complex and elusive task which has been facilitated by the increasing availability of large geolocated databases. In this study, we rely ...
Can a habitat specialist survive urbanization? the case of the viscacha (Lagidium viscacia, Chinchillidae)
(2013)
Urban growth is a strong driver of habitat degradation and loss. In spite of that, a surprising diversity of native species may survive in urban areas. In the La Paz, Bolivia metropolitan area and surroundings, local ...
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 ...
Globalización urbana y ciudades globales. Las transformaciones y heterogeneidades espaciales de las ciudades contemporáneas.
(2015-04-14)
La globalización es una matriz de
fenómenos que han transformado drásticamente
los espacios urbanos de manera diferenciada, y con
mecanismos económicos diversos. Las tecnologías
de comunicación generan efectos de ...
Recent wildfires in Central Chile: Detecting links between burned areas and population exposure in the wildland urban interface
(Elsevier, 2020)
Wildfires are gaining importance in the Mediterranean regions owing to climatechange and landscape changes due to the increasing closeness between urban areas and forests prone to wildfires. We analysed the dry season ...
Urban transformations in the culture of Santiago’s barrios
(Emerald, 2019-12)
Within Santiago, Chile’s capital city, Barrio is a fundamental urban concept: an identity of place that defines a social space more than the territorial boundary of a designated area. Nearly 30 years of sustained, economic ...
Climate change and urban sustainability of Chilean metropolitan cities.
(Instituto de Estudos Avançados da Universidade de São Paulo., 2009)
Cities are at the same time cause and effect of climate change. Climate Change processes and effects should mainly affect Latin American cities, where most of the population and economic activities are concentrated. Urban ...
Different lifestyles in young women from urban and rural areas may explain different cardiovascular risk
(2006)
Background: Inadequate lifestyles (LS) in young women may be related to the increasing population that migrate to the cities. Objective: To compare the LS in rural and urban women and to assess their relation with educational ...
Epidemiology of canine distemper and canine parvovirus in domestic dogs in urban and rural areas of the Araucania region in Chile
(Elsevier, 2015)
To assess whether the seroprevalence of canine distemper virus (CDV) and canine parvovirus (CPV) in domestic dogs is higher in urban versus rural areas of the Araucania region in Chile and risk factors for exposure, a ...