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Mape-Ando ¿Quién Anda?, Sylvie Duran

Sylvie E. Duran Mrs.

Presentation on cultural information systems, specially in the Ibero American context. Background, modalities, challenges and examples are reviewed. The presentation ends with recommendation and final comments for future efforts.

Making Connections - Envisioning Springfield's North End, David M. Ahronian, Kelly R. Ashton, Erin G. Bassett, Maxwell A. Cohen, Victor J. Czulak, Gregory S. Dunbar, Brendan T. Farragher, Jonathan L. Gorman, Peter L. Guy Ii, Timothy J. Iles, Piyawut Inthasorn, Travis A. Johnson, Jonathan Koch, Justin J. Kronewitter, Zachary B. Livingston, Matthew Morano, Brian Mulvehill, Kevin C. Murphy, Sean P. O'Connell, Peter W. Stephens Jr., Christopher Tourigny, Bryce P. White, Timothy E. Young

Landscape Architecture & Regional Planning Studio and Student Research and Creative Activity

This work explores a service learning strategy in the context of the senior Urban Design Studio taught in the Department of Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. The primary goal of this project is to stimulate a conversation in the neighborhoods of the North End, to develop green design strategies, to improve services and businesses for residents and the employees of local businesses, and to foster cultural engagement and interaction in the North End that will enhance the vibrancy, resilience, and quality of life of this urban community. Making connections - Envisioning Springfield's North End …

Athletics & Recreation Master Plan Sub‐Committee Final Report, Charlie Titus, Terry Condon, Chris Fitzgerald, Ken Mcbryde, Robert Burgess, Shaun Curry, Laurie Milliken, Chris Sweeney, Pavel Braude, Ryan Norton, Jack Looney, Susan Wolfson, Jain Ruvidich‐Higgins

Campus Master Planning Publications

In 2000 the Athletics & Recreation Department at UMass Boston Implemented a five year strategic plan that would more realistically align sports sponsorship with available financial and facility resources. We reduced the number of sports sponsored from 20 to 14 maintaining 7 sports for women and 7 sports for men. The only sports maintained without a facility were Men’s baseball and Cross Country Track. We eliminated football, swimming and indoor & outdoor track and field for men and women.

Since 2005 The Athletics & Recreation Department has been focused on University wide transition and planning efforts. In that period we …

Fragmentación Urbana. El Caso De Quito, Jaime F. Erazo Espinosa Arq., Oscar R. Ospina Pol.

Jaime F. Erazo Espinosa

El presente artículo es un resumen de una investigación más extensa realizada por los autores. Como corresponde a un trabajo académico, tienen numerosas y rigurosas referencias a las fuentes de las que se han tomado ideas o informaciones, cuya inclusión en el artículo haría que éste tuviera una extensión y una lectura incompatibles con el carácter de Vivienda Popular.

Activated Infrastructure, Joanna T. Myers

Architecture Thesis Prep

No abstract provided.

Final Report Of The Information Technology Subcommittee For The Campus Master Plan, Apurva Mehta, Ramakrishna Ayyagari, Eric Berry, David Cesario, Christine Depalma, Peter Fejer, Meghan Flynn, Kitty Galaitsis, John Jessoe, Lusa Lo, Daniel Ortiz-Zapata, Virginia Perelson, Mike Pollard, Kathleen Polley, Jamie Soule

Campus Master Planning Publications

Through its work, data collection, outreach, and careful review of various studies and information, the committee is led to conclude that as it moves forward with implementation of its Master Plan, UMass Boston has a tremendous opportunity to plan for and design spaces that support and promote the learning, teaching, and research requirements of the campus community. It is hoped that the recommended guidelines and standards outlined in this report will assist and inform the planning and design of new and renovated campus facilities and specifically address the technological needs of classrooms, laboratories, offices, informal study areas, and social spaces …

Providing Senior Citizen Mobility At Minimum Public Cost, Cornelius Nuworsoo

City and Regional Planning

No abstract provided.

¿Constitución, Leyes Y Políticas Garantistas De Seguridad Ciudadana?, Fernando Carrión Mena

Fernando Carrión Mena

El Marco institucional de la Seguridad Ciudadana se ha transformado notablemente en el país desde que Rafael Correa asume la Presidencia de la República. Es una mutación bastante significativa, que tiene –entre otros- tres componentes: la conformación de un nuevo marco jurídico, la transformación de la arquitectura institucional y la presencia de unas políticas de seguridad; lo cual muestra la importancia que el gobierno nacional le ha asignado al tema.

El Marco legal ha sufrido una sustancial modificación, que se sustenta en la aprobación de la nueva Constitución y la redacción de dos leyes fundamentales: la reforma al Código Penal …

La Descentralización En Bolivia, Fernando Carrión Mena

Fernando Carrión Mena

En la década de los años noventa del siglo pasado, Bolivia fue un referente de la cooperación internacional en América Latina. Fue un proceso que estuvo ligado al proceso de Reforma del Estado en el marco de los acuerdos de Consenso de Washington, y sus éxitos llegaron a ser definidos como el "milagro boliviano". En ese contexto, la descentralización fue convertida en un "caso exitoso", al extremo de que se la difundía por todos los países de la región.

El gran logro obtenido por la descentralización, con 15 años de perspectiva histórica, fue la creación del municipalismo. La presencia del …

Las Eliminatorias Llegan A Su Fin, Fernando Carrión Mena

Fernando Carrión Mena

Ha concluido el penúltimo ciclo de las eliminatorias suramericanas al Mundial de Sudáfrica 2010 (esa maravilla que tiene el fútbol: solo con decir Mundial se sabe de qué actividad se trata); de allí que ya se pueden extraer algunas tendencias generales del fútbol en la región, a partir de la realización de un somero balance de lo ocurrido a lo largo de este proceso que tiene una duración de tres años. Como punto de partida es necesario señalar que la internacionalización de fútbol, entre países exportadores e importadores de futbolistas, ha hecho que las selecciones suramericanas, principalmente exportadoras de futbolistas …

Developing Knowledge Precincts In Regional Towns: Opportunities And Challenges, Bhishna Bajracharya, Linda Too, Joan Imukuka, Greg Hearn

Linda Too

While extensive literature exists on creative cities and knowledge-based urban development focusing on large metropolitan cities, there is a paucity of literature looking into similar developments in small regional towns. The major aim of the paper is to examine the nature and potential for building knowledge-based urban development and creative precincts in regional towns. The paper will review national and international literature on creative/knowledge precincts in small towns to examine their key ideas and principles. The paper will also report on a case study of a small town of Cooroy in Noosa, Australia. The Cooroy Lower Mill Site and its …

An Analysis Of Walkability In A Late 20th Century Masterplanned Suburb On Australia’S Gold Coast, Nigel Cartlidge, Daniel O'Hare

Daniel O'Hare

Extract:

This paper presents some of the findings of a case study carried out on the suburb of Robina Woods in the Gold Coast City, Queensland, Australia. The study examined the barriers to pedestrian connectivity that were built into the design of the town to meet a market urbanist and car focused development ethic. Car focused design produces an urban form that causes unnecessary pollution, CO2 emissions, and fuel consumption. It also contributes to lower economic, environmental, health and social outcomes for residents associated with sprawl development (Corti et al., 2008; Ewing & Kreutzer, 2006; Frumkin H, Frank L, & …

Developing Knowledge Precincts In Regional Towns: Opportunities And Challenges, Bhishna Bajracharya, Linda Too, Joan Imukuka, Greg Hearn

Bhishna Bajracharya

While extensive literature exists on creative cities and knowledge-based urban development focusing on large metropolitan cities, there is a paucity of literature looking into similar developments in small regional towns. The major aim of the paper is to examine the nature and potential for building knowledge-based urban development and creative precincts in regional towns. The paper will review national and international literature on creative/knowledge precincts in small towns to examine their key ideas and principles. The paper will also report on a case study of a small town of Cooroy in Noosa, Australia. The Cooroy Lower Mill Site and its …

Loosening The Ties That Bind: Grangegorman Masterplan, Noel Brady

Articles

Interview with James Mary O'Connor, Architect and Masterplanner with Moore Rubel Yudell designers of the Masterplan for DIT at Grangegroman, Dublin

Investigación Urbana Y Revistas, Fernando Carrión Mena

Fernando Carrión Mena

Presentación hecha en Santiago de Chile en el marco del Encuentro de la Red de Revistas Urbanas de América Latina, septiembre de 2009

Políticas Integrales Y Convivencia En Las Ciudades De América Latina. Servicios Urbanos E Inclusión, Fernando Carrión Mena, Grace Benalcazar Z.

Fernando Carrión Mena

La Alcaldía del Distrito Metropolitano de Quito, el Instituto de las Naciones Unidas para la Formación Profesional e Investigaciones (UNITAR) y el Centro Internacional de Formación de las Autoridades y Agentes Locales (CIFAL) de Barcelona, con el apoyo de la empresa Veolia Environnement y Proactiva Medio Ambiente, organizaron el 27 y 28 de junio de 2008 en Quito la conferencia internacional denominada Políticas urbanas integrales y convivencia en las ciudades de América Latina. Servicios urbanos e inclusión.

En el evento se pusieron en cuestión los desafíos de cómo construir políticas integrales de ciudad para mejorar la convivencia ciudadana. Los resultados …

Enhancement Plan For Downtown Cayucos, Ca, Rachelle Sarai Sneh Lopez

Master's Theses

An area can be torn by the competition between the preservation of its character and the desire for new development. Cayucos’ downtown area is recognized by both residents and visitors as a special place with a strong, small, coastal town feel. However, issues such as accessibility, public amenities, parking, maintenance, and general development needs have to be dealt with. This thesis deals with the issue of how to plan for change while maintaining the character of Cayucos, and presents an enhancement plan proposal for its downtown. The development of this plan was based on a research-based design methodology, which included …

Comparativo Histórico Del Sicariato En América Latina, Jaime F. Erazo Espinosa Arq., Lorena Florez H.

Jaime Erazo

El ‘comparativo’ presentado en la sección del mismo nombre de URVIO, Revista Latinoamericana de Seguridad Ciudadana, pretende abrir un debate en donde se devela no solo el dónde y el cómo del fenómeno del sicariato, sino el por qué, el cuándo y el cómo responde la sociedad a este hecho social, que no es nunca la actuación individual de cada sicario al judicializarlo. En el ‘comparativo’ se destaca la evolución de las siguientes temáticas: • Cárteles del narcotráfico y grupos de sicarios en México, Colombia, Perú, Argentina, Bolivia y Brasil, • Registro de homicidios en América Latina en las décadas …

Accessibility In Metropolitan Transportation Planning : Visualizing A Gis-Based Measure For Collaborative Planning, Aditi Sarkar

Dissertations

Passed by the US Congress in 1995, the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU), requires Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) to further the trend of collaboration by employing visualization techniques for Transportation Improvement Programs (TIPs). In the first part of this two-part research, three New Jersey MPOs are investigated to understand how accessibility is considered by their organizations, how TIPs are evaluated, and how collaborative planning and visualization techniques are used to evaluate TIPs. In the second part of this study, a small segment of a MPO's jurisdiction is selected to develop a visualization of …

Dynamics Of School Playground Use In Low-Income Neighborhoods : Four Case Studies From Newark, New Jersey, Caryn Schneider Yaacov

Dissertations

Physical activity during youth contributes to enhanced health and development, and time spent outdoors is a positive correlate of children's physical activity levels. Despite the importance currently attached to building healthy communities, children in the United States from economically disadvantaged urban neighborhoods often lack access to quality open space. In response to insufficient outdoor play options for children in Newark, New Jersey, several existing inner-city elementary school playgrounds have been rebuilt through public-private partnerships involving the municipal government, school district, and nonprofit agencies. This study explores the extent to which neighborhood children use these renovated playgrounds outside of school hours. …

Partnerships For Community Building And Governance In Master Planned Communities: A Study Of Varsity Lakes At Gold Coast, Bhishna Bajracharya, George Earl, Shahed Khan

Bhishna Bajracharya

The development and management of master planned communities (MPCs) involve achieving the twin goals of building a sense of community and creating a distinctive place identity. The roles of private, public and community sectors in realising these goals of MPCs have been evolving over time with the increasing role of developers in provision of services with the local government playing a regulatory/facilitative role and community calling for greater engagement and local control. The major objective of the paper is to critically examine the nature and outcomes of collaboration between developers, local/state governments and existing/emerging community groups in the development of …

Infrastructure Asset Management (Iam): Evolution And Evaluation, Eric Too, Linda Tay

Linda Too

Despite its rapid development in the last decade, infrastructure asset management today suffers from an identity crisis as the definition and scope of infrastructure asset management remains a contentious issue. The purpose of this paper is to trace the evolution of infrastructure asset management and evaluate the current practices. In the process, a framework defining the scope of infrastructure asset management is proposed. Notwithstanding the systematic approach that many organisations adopt to manage their infrastructure assets, this paper argues for the need to adopt a more integrated and strategic perspective in the light of the dynamic contemporary operating environment.

Preliminaries To A Feasibility Analysis Of The Maglev Proposal Of The Southern California Association Of Governments For The Region, Cornelius Nuworsoo

City and Regional Planning

This is a seed grant study to perform a preliminary investigation of the system components and generalized costs of the magnetic levitation type of high speed rail system that is proposed for the Southern California Region, TGV‐based high speed rail, and urban rapid transit with special focus on bus rapid transit (BRT). This technology overview summarizes the key aspects of these transit technologies and provides comparative cost information to feed a more comprehensive feasibility analysis.

La Violencia Se Generaliza, Fernando Carrión Mena

Fernando Carrión Mena

A mediados de la década de los años ochenta se percibe el fenómeno de la generalización, crecimiento y diversificación de la violencia; produciendo significativos impactos en la sociedad mundial y configurándose una mega tendencia global. La violencia se hace ubicua y elusiva, por que crece y multiplica a escala internacional, convirtiéndose en el problema más importante de este principio del Siglo. El crimen tiene la posibilidad de organización y capacidad de actuación a escala planetaria, porque sus actores se han globalizado, son muy adinerados y políticamente influyentes. La violencia se convierte en un tema particularmente importante a nivel mundial, tanto …

Critical Foundations: Providing Australia’S 21st Century Infrastructure, Michael Regan

Michael Regan

Extract:

Infrastructure is undoubtedly the least understood of the major asset classes in Australia. A tradition of public ownership and operation, its status as a public good and a lack of information about its investment characteristics in both public and private hands has contributed to limited recognition of its role in national and regional economies. However, this situation is changing. A coincidence of political, economic and financial events in the lead up to the worldwide economic recession of the late 1980s and Australia's microeconomic reforms of the 1990s b[r]ought into sharper focus the central role that infrastructure plays in both …

La Crisis Del Fútbol Argentino, Fernando Carrión Mena

Fernando Carrión Mena

El año 2009 puede marcar un importante hito en el fútbol Argentino. La selección ha perdió con Bolivia y Ecuador con un resultado agregado de 8 a 1. Si Brasil le gana el próximo partido de las eliminatorias, peligra la clasificación automática al mundial de Sudáfrica. Los clubes, en este primer semestre del año, no han tenido resultados relevantes en los torneos internacionales. ¿Qué hay tras estos resultados deportivos? Por otro lado, los torneos nacionales en sus distintas categorías no han podido empezar en las fechas establecidas, debido a problemas económicos que arrastran los clubes. En otras palabras, existe una …

Observation Of Sustainability Practices In Malaysian Research Universities, Highlighting Particular Strength, Omidreza Saadatian

No abstract provided.

Colombia: El Riesgo Es Que Te Quieras Quedar, Fernando Carrión Mena

Fernando Carrión Mena

El primero de marzo del año 2008 se ha convertido en algo mucho más complejo de lo esperado y en un par de aguas en algunos temas fundamentales de la región suramericana. El trofeo de guerra mostrado por Álvaro Uribe y el Ministro de Defensa Juan Manuel Santos, ha tenido implicaciones demasiado caras para todos los implicados en el ataque al territorio ecuatoriano en la zona de Angostura.

Para Ecuador este hecho ha significado, entre otras, dos cuestiones relevantes: por un lado, un incremento significativo del gasto militar a cerca de 700 millones de dólares, que bien pudieron destinarse a …

Missing The Gold Coast Train? The Interaction Between Private Development And Three Levels Of Government Planning In Attempting To Co-Locate A New Railway Station And A Major New Town Centre, Daniel O'Hare

Daniel O'Hare

Queensland’s Gold Coast was established as a collection of coastal tourist resorts by the late 19th century. Private development was stimulated in the conventional way, by State government provision of public transport. The main resort areas flourished due to easy public access via two railway lines from the State capital Brisbane. During the 20th century a much larger network of Gold Coast holiday resorts and retirement suburbs was created due to the greater mobility allowed by increasing car ownership. By the 1960s, the original Gold Coast railway lines were removed, with their corridors eventually being redeveloped for a mix of …

De Conmemoraciones Y Otras Ilusiones, Fernando Carrión Mena

Fernando Carrión Mena

Las conmemoraciones relevantes de un Estado no deben ser exclusivamente celebraciones con actos de memoria o recuerdo de algo ocurrido en el pasado. Adquieren significado y son importantes si se las construye con sentido de proyecto, si se convierten en plataforma de proyección desde y hacia. Es decir, no solo concebidos como actos del ayer. En esa perspectiva, vale la pena hacer una comparación entre las conmemoraciones de tres eventos significativos de América Latina: el Quinto Centenario del llamado “Encuentro de dos mundos”, el Centenario de la Independencia y el actual Bicentenario libertario. Lo primero que se debe decir es …