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El siguiente artículo indaga sobre la definición de modelos de planificación y herramientas de gestión para ciudades con
crecimientos expansivos y amplios sectores informales, utilizando como caso de estudio la experiencia desarrollada en la ciudad
de Makeni, Sierra Leona. En un proceso de varios años que continua vivo, la Escuela de Arquitectura d...
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The impacts of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on urban environments and the daily lives of their inhabitants are still unfolding. The spread of the virus in the urban system has affected a range of linked areas. Policy responses such as quarantines and lockdown have transformed access to essential services, information, means of livelihood, and transport, and the concept of public health is emerging as an important facet of urban governance. Society needs an urban governance framework that addresses the fragility of health systems and avoids improvization in decision-making. The limited capacity to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic in cities results from the neglect of public health issues by both governments and communities.This chapter assesses the role of urban planning, policy
, and participation in achieving public health goals. Using case studies and data, we also analyze how, with the emergence of COVID-19, governments and communities have had to connect the rights and responsibilities related to public health with the exercise of, and guarantee to, the right to the city. The authors posit that public health is currently driving local governance. One of the findings is that public decisions on health matters, which are meant to guarantee the health of all citizens, are made in an ad hoc manner. Additionally, the authors found that during the COVID-19 pandemic, health has motivated and guided decisions on urban management. Decisions are often informed by the results of epidemiological surveillance such as mobility models, the prominent role of information communication and technology as the means to provide and access services in the improvement of housing, public space, and sanitation, including in the models of production and urban work. We provide recommendations on how public health could effectively support urban governance for a resilient society.KeywordsLocal and urban governanceCOVID-19Public healthParticipationUrban policy planning
Adequate access to sanitation and safe water is a main challenge to improve urban health in low-income countries. Diseases derived of precarious hygiene conditions are a major burden in African rapidly growing urban areas. These challenges are embedded in complex stakeholder networks and need to be addressed through a holistic approach. It is argued that schools are a key objective for sanitation, water, and hygiene actions in the city. Concerns for improvement of hygiene conditions among school children have risen in the context of contemporary sanitary crisis. Furthermore, schools play a pivotal role between the public and the private realms and a potential to foster change. The study focuses on WASH actions implemented in schools of the city of Makeni, Sierra Leone. It seeks to define a set of context specific recommendations to improve the health-related conditions in the school environment.
Das europäische Chemikaliengesetz Reach fordert, Chrom(VI)‐Verbindungen zu ersetzen. Wie funktional Alternativen zur Hartchrombeschichtung sind und welches Risiko sie bergen.
