Elisa Pozo Menendez

The International Congress on Proximity Planning (June 26 - 28, 2024) has presented original research papers that explore the thematic and empirical challenges and opportunities that arise in the application of proximity-based planning in cities. Proximity is a planning principle with a tradition of more than a century, recently revived by circumst...

A fin de potenciar el desarrollo regional en el Estado de Veracruz, México, se plantea un nuevo modelo de regionalización compuesto por ocho nodos urbano-rurales, llamados Regiones Metropolitanas (rm), los cuales tienen su origen en las Zonas Metropolitanas (zm). Estas regiones tienen como objetivo contribuir a la mejora de las condiciones y nivel...

For decades, public administrations have been working on rigorous analysis to identify and delimit vulnerable neighbourhoods in order to prioritize their regeneration and rehabilitation actions. The progress and improvements have been significant, mainly in Euskadi (Spain), thanks to an alignment of economic investment with an exhaustive knowledge...

The study examines the association between problems of accessibility of public space and the social isolation of older people with disabilities. The methodology is based on a multivariate statistical analysis (binary logistic regression, main components, cluster) of the data from a survey of 381 older adults with disabilities and an environmental a...

The study examines the association between problems of accessibility of public space and the social isolation of older people with disabilities. The methodology is based on a multivariate statistical analysis (binary logistic regression, main components, cluster) of the data from a survey of 381 older adults with disabilities and an environmental a...

Resumen El concepto de infraestructura verde ha sido incorporado en numerosas regiones como una gran oportunidad, ya que aúna beneficios ambientales y ecológicos estableciendo una red de conexiones entre los espacios naturales y urbanos que antes se encontraban aislados y fragmentados. Este trabajo propone una metodología de planificación territori...

The concept of dementia-friendly cities and communities has achieved great dissemination in the international context since 2016. Although it is usually related with community networks and services, evidence and guidelines show the close relationship between the built environment design, health promotion, and the preservation of relationships with...

Que los hospitales se colapsen o no depende de cuántas personas enfermen a la vez, pero también de cómo se diseñen esos edificios. Los expertos en arquitectura sociosanitaria tienen claro que mejorar el diseño de los hospitales resulta clave para afrontar las emergencias sanitarias que se avecinan. En Australia, por ejemplo, apuestan por apoyarse e...

The rapid growth of the population and densification in cities is creating new challenges in a transforming scenario, where care systems’ frailty, climate change and unhealthy lifestyles triggers well-being. Taking into consideration the demographic trends and the need to reduce health inequities the need for a common objective for improving qualit...

The different perspectives and studies that have been presented in the two previous part are complemented by the presentation of the following 11 study cases. These projects have been the result of field visits and interviews with several agents across Europe. The result is a diverse practical perspective with the key points of innovation regarding...

Mental health problems have become one of the major public health concerns in many countries affecting all ages and sectors of the population. From depression to dementia or anxiety, mental health in urban environments is a consequence of a stressful lifestyle as well as many other factors, where the environment where people live is directly relate...

This book contributes to the current dialogue of the post-pandemic cities. Although healthy urban environments were already acknowledging the need for an intertwined perspective addressing both health and urban planning, it has been the COVID-19 outbreak crisis that has accelerated this process. The pandemic has supposed the highlight of many vulne...

Urban planning has formed a binomial with health since its origins as a discipline. The demands derived from the welfare society, environmental sustainability and the health circumstances of COVID-19 testify to the need to update this relationship. The aim of the URB_HealthSproject is to study the ways of endorsing health in the contemporary city t...

Principles of sustainability defend compactness, density and diversity as main characteristics of the optimal development of cities. These factors support public transport efficiency, economic activity, accessibility to equipments and services, proximity and walkability of streets and social exchanges in open public spaces. The Covid-19 pandemic cr...

El envejecimiento y el cambio climático son dos de las grandes amenazas para la economía mundial según el Fondo Monetario Internacional (FMI). A pesar de ello, en la literatura internacional existen pocos estudios que aborden de forma conjunta estos fenómenos demográficos y climáticos globales. Precisamente, en este contexto destacamos el nuevo lib...

Resumen El presente trabajo aborda el reto del envejecimiento activo desde la perspectiva del diseño urbano: ¿son los espacios públicos de las ciudades españolas “amigables” para las personas mayores? Se ha realizado una caracterización de las necesidades específicas del adulto mayor y los elementos de diseño del espacio público que deberían tener...

Most recent research on urban health has primarily been focused on non-communicable diseases related to sedentary lifestyles, unbalanced diets and the high concentration of pollutants derived from anthropogenic activities. Cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, heatstroke and cold-related problems and injuries and accidents due to road traffic we...

Articulo de divulgación en prensa nacional sobre la importancia de pensar el espacio público de las ciudades desde una movilidad no contaminantes

Rigor académico, oficio periodístico El avance de la pandemia de COVID-19 ha hecho evidente la necesidad de transformar las ciudades en lugares más saludables. Distintos países están poniendo en marcha medidas destinadas a promocionar la bicicleta y los desplazamientos a pie como medios de transporte seguros y saludables. Algunos están aprovechando...

Rigor académico, oficio periodístico La disciplina urbanística nació para reducir o controlar las enfermedades infecciosas que asolaban a la población durante la Revolución Industrial (s. XIX). Las primeras leyes urbanísticas fueron las higiénicas o sanitarias. Regulaban determinadas actividades fuera de las zonas más densas de población, incluían...

RESUMEN: El vínculo entre salud humana y medio ambiente ha adquirido en la actualidad una gran relevancia. Ya en la Antigüedad, las primeras civilizaciones estudiaban los condicionantes del entorno natural para elección de los asentamientos y ciudades. Este conocimiento tradicional se ha ido perdiendo y, muestra de ello, son las enfermedades y epi...

Las condiciones ambientales de los barrios determinan la salud de sus residentes. El ruido, la contaminacion, la ausencia de zonas verdes, la inaccesibilidad para ir andando...hace que las personas llevemos un estilo de vida urbano muy sedentario y estemos sometidas a importantes impactos negativos para nuestra salud. No se trata solo de vivir más,...

After the approval and implementation of Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans (SUMP) in different cities of Spain, the evolution and the level of development of each one are still unknown. In fact, as many of them were approved before 2010, they didn't include a precise methodology for the further analysis of the proposed and/or implemented mobility me...

The 46th European Transport Conference (ETC) is taking place from 10th-12th October 2018 at Dublin Castle, Dublin (Ireland), hosted by the Association for European Transport (AET) and local partners. After the successful implementation of the Young Researchers’ and Practitioners’ Forum (YRPF) in 2013, ETC 2018 will again include a special format fo...

As is widely known, Chile is a country characterized by its vast expanse of coastline, one of the main factors that have shaped Chilean culture throughout its history. Local people have been exploiting marine resources since records began and, currently, fishing is still one of the strongest economic sectors. Artisan fishing villages, are placed in...