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Decreto Supremo Nº 020-2017-VIVIENDA ─ Modifica el Decreto Supremo Nº 015-2012-VIVIENDA, Reglamento de Protección Ambiental para proyectos vinculados a las actividades de Vivienda, Urbanismo, Construcción y Saneamiento.

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Regulations
July, 2017
Peru

El presente Decreto Supremo modifica el Reglamento de Protección Ambiental para proyectos vinculados a las actividades de Vivienda, Urbanismo, Construcción y Saneamiento, en relación a la clasificación anticipada de proyectos con características comunes o similares sujetos al Sistema Nacional de Evaluación del Impacto Ambienta (SEIA) del sector saneamiento, incorporando al Reglamento el Anexo I

Factors Influencing Perceptions and Use of Urban Nature: Surveys of Park Visitors in Delhi

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Peer-reviewed publication
June, 2017

Urban green spaces provide important recreational, social and psychological benefits to stressed city residents. This paper aims to understand the importance of parks for visitors. We focus on Delhi, the world’s second most populous city, drawing on 123 interviews with park visitors in four prominent city parks. Almost all respondents expressed the need for more green spaces.

Modeling Future Urban Sprawl and Landscape Change in the Laguna de Bay Area, Philippines

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Peer-reviewed publication
June, 2017

This study uses a spatially-explicit land-use/land-cover (LULC) modeling approach to model and map the future (2016–2030) LULC of the area surrounding the Laguna de Bay of Philippines under three different scenarios: ‘business-as-usual’, ‘compact development’, and ‘high sprawl’ scenarios.

Analysis of Urban Green Spaces Based on Sentinel-2A: Case Studies from Slovakia

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Peer-reviewed publication
June, 2017
Slovakia

Urban expansion and its ecological footprint increases globally at an unprecedented scale and consequently, the importance of urban greenery assessment grows. The diversity and quality of urban green spaces (UGS) and human well-being are tightly linked, and UGS provide a wide range of ecosystem services (e.g., urban heat mitigation, stormwater infiltration, food security, physical recreation).

Spatial and Temporal Characteristics of Road Networks and Urban Expansion

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Peer-reviewed publication
June, 2017

Urban expansion has become a widespread trend in developing countries. Road networks are an extremely important factor driving the expansion of urban land and require further study. To investigate the relationship between road networks and urban expansion, we selected Beijing, New York, London, and Chicago as study areas.

Confronting the Urban Housing Crisis in the Global South: Adequate, Secure, and Affordable Housing

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Policy Papers & Briefs
June, 2017
Global
  • There is an accute lack of well-located urban housing that is adequate, secure, and affordable. The global affordable housing gap is currently estimated at 330 million urban households and is forecast to grow by more than 30 percent to 440 million households, or 1.6. billion people, by 2025.

Urbanización neoliberal y resistencias sociales en la ciudad de Puebla

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Journal Articles & Books
June, 2017
Mexico

En el presente artículo se exponen algunas claves para comprender las dinámicas de urbanización promovidas por el neoliberalismo en la ciudad de Puebla, en la región centro de México, a partir del análisis de algunas políticas recientes, como las de 1) privatización del servicio de agua; 2) despojo de tierras y reordenamiento del territorio en la zona de Angelópolis para la construcción de nuev

VALUTAZIONI INTERSCALARI NEL PROCESSO PEREQUATIVO DEL PRG DI SIRACUSA

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Peer-reviewed publication
June, 2017

The implementation process of the Syracuse’s Master Plan is characterized by the widespread use of “urban negotiation”. The Muni- cipality has drawn up a protocol aimed at obtaining areas for facilities and public infrastructures in different areas basing on the rule of the transfer of a portion of land in return for the building permission for the remaining part.