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Seguridad Ciudadana: Entre La Cooperación Internacional Y La Soberanía Nacional, Fernando Carrión Mena

Fernando Carrión Mena

El Ecuador en el año 2005 recibió el 1,64% del PIB en recursos de cooperación internacional, esto es 231 millones de dólares no reembolsables (donación) y 364 millones reembolsables (deuda); es decir, una cantidad cercana al 8% del presupuesto nacional. Si bien esta cifra no es una gran suma de recursos, sí tiene una significación cualitativa en términos del impacto sustancial que genera en las políticas públicas del Estado.

Un caso paradigmático de las características de la cooperación internacional es lo que se observa con el tema de la seguridad ciudadana: la Policía Nacional recibió en el 2005 recursos internacionales …

The Re-Emergence Of Traditional Architecture In Greece: Kefalonia And Ithaka, Nicholas Patricios

Nicholas Patricios

The interest in antiquities in Greece began after the conclusion of the revolution that led to independence of the country in 1832. A brief history of the legislation to protect the country’s architectural heritage is traced up to the historic landmark law of 2002 that defined the concept of cultural heritage and the re-organization of government departments to achieve the law’s objectives. Beginning in the 1920s and parallel with the protection of antiquities a movement to preserve Greek vernacular architecture was undertaken that was recognized in the landmark law of 1978. The application of the laws of protection and preservation …

Traver Urban Design Plan, Fall 2006, Crp 341 Urban Design Studio

City and Regional Planning Studios and Projects

The following report presents the result of eleven weeks of a collaborative effort taken by a Cal Poly undergraduate planning class (CRP 341 – Community Design Studio; Fall 2006) to create a vision for future development in the community of Traver. This work continues a process started during the Summer of 2006, when a special group of our department’s faculty and students held a series of community workshops designed to develop a participatory concept plan for Traver.

Las Políticas De Planeación De Usos Del Suelo Y La Conservación Integrada De Las Zonas De Monumentos Históricos (Zmhs) / Land Use Policies And The Integrated Conservation Of The Historical Monuments Zones, Yanet Lezama-López

Yanet Lezama-López

Los usos de suelo desempeñan un papel crucial para la conservación de zonas de monumentos históricos (ZMHs). Pese a que el INAH es la entidad federal responsable de la conservación del patrimonio cultural, entre otras funciones sustantivas, la ley otorga la facultad de la planeación y diseño de la distribución de usos del suelo a la autoridad central en el Distrito Federal (SEDUVI) y a la local en los estados (a los municipios). El control y la expedición de licencias de usos del suelo se ejercen también localmente, las delegaciones y municipios, respectivamente. Hoy es bien sabido que la habitabilidad …

En La Frontera De La Vida: La Violencia En El Límite, Fernando Carrión Mena

Fernando Carrión Mena

En el Ecuador existe la creencia generalizada que la violencia viene de afuera y, más concretamente, de Colombia. Esta sensación se fundamenta en el hecho de que nadie -individual o socialmente- reconoce la violencia como propia: así la violencia de mi barrio o de mi ciudad se origina en lugares distantes al mío. Sin embargo, lo más g rave es que en estas creencias se fundamentan las políticas xenófobas y nacionalistas de cierre de las fronteras y de abusivos controles migratorios, que hoy tienen más fuerza después de las políticas desplegadas desde el 11-S.

El Ecuador sustentó durante mucho tiempo …

Connective Ecology: Reclaiming The Postindustrial Urban Landscape, Thomas Smith

Architecture Thesis Prep

"This thesis contends that by considering the urban landscape as an evolving, interconnected network, much like an ecosystem, architecture can create flexible, accessible public space as part of a larger scale system which affects as well as responds to specific physical and social forces of the contemporary postindustrial city."

The Humane Metropolis: People And Nature In The 21st Century, Rutherford H. Platt

University of Massachusetts Press Books

The Humane Metropolis explores the prospects for a more humane metropolis through a series of essays and case studies that consider why and how urban places can be made greener and more amenable. Its point of departure is the legacy of William H. Whyte (1917-1999), one of America's most admired urban thinkers. From his eyrie high above Manhattan in the offices of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Whyte laid the foundation for today's "smart growth" and "new urbanist" movements with books such as The Last Landscape (1968). His passion for improving the habitability of cities and suburbs is reflected in the …

El Género De La Violencia De Género, Fernando Carrión Mena

Fernando Carrión Mena

La violencia no puede ser entendida como un problema donde ciertas cualidades o propiedades explican su existencia; porque la violencia es una relación social de conflicto que encarna procesos históricos. Esto significa, por un lado, que la violencia no puede ser analizada y entendida desde la perspectiva de los atributos (llamados factores de riesgo o causalidades) y, por otro, que las violencias de antes no son iguales a las de ahora porque son fenómenos cambiantes en el tiempo y el espacio.

La violencia solo puede entenderse desde su condición plural, porque no hay una sino varias violencias. No es que …

The Growing Together Guide: A Companion Resource To The New England Environmental Finance Center/Melissa Paly Film, New England Environmental Finance Center

Smart Growth

What local leader or public official wants to be faced with an SOS the “same old story” of public discord and confrontation over growth and development in one’s community? That situation has become a problem for efforts to promote smart growth. Investments are needed in the walkable, compact, traditional‐streetscape and mixed use neighborhoods and developments that are more sustainable and healthy than sprawl, for both people and the landscape. Yet attempts at such change all too often end up mired in costly public controversy and stalemate.

Ua3/9/5 Faculty-Staff Convocation, Wku President's Office

WKU Archives Records

Speech delivered by WKU president Gary Ransdell at fall convocation. He discusses achievements, donations, athletics, WKU centennial, budget cuts, enrollment, tuition, commercialization of intellectual property, physical plant and construction.

Mansfield Ct: Planning A New Village Center, Maggie Jones, Richard Barringer

Planning

The case follows the development of a plan for a new village center in Storrs, the central village of Mansfield, Connecticut. A process that was transparent and inclusive of the community members yielded a plan that gained the approval of the Town, the landowner (the University of Connecticut), and the citizenry. The process relied on the mending of fences, the leadership of key participants, and an innovative strategy that included development of a nonprofit corporation and creative use of grant money. While zoning changes are still in the works, the first stage of building goes forward.

Seguridad Ciudadana Y Política, Fernando Carrión Mena

Fernando Carrión Mena

Vivimos una época en la que se busca imponer un pensamiento único en todas las esferas del quehacer humano, y el ámbito de la seguridad ciudadana no es la excepción. Existen autores y funcionarios que piensan que no hay – y que no deberían haber - diferencias en las políticas que se vienen aplicando; tan es así, que se llega a afirmar que hay una carencia total de propuestas progresistas, y por lo tanto, también de propuestas conservadoras, puesto que a la hora de la aplicación de las políticas, no se distinguen unas de otras. Sin embargo, cuando se analiza …

Mapping Places Of Play And Prey With Denver Kids, Bambi L. Yost

Bambi L Yost

In this study, GIS is used to investigate Denver neighborhoods through children's eyes. This community-based research project teaches inner-city children about the power of mapping and voicing preferences and concerns. Using GIS technology, neighborhood surveys, handdrawn maps, photographs, and other methods of exploration, children create maps of schoolgrounds and surrounding neighborhoods, revealing quantitative and qualitative data in a creative and informative way. This research serves to empower students and educate city officials about the benefits and deficits of inner-city living for Denver youth. Special emphasis is placed on places of play and physical activity as well as on places of …

South Kingstown Ri: New Zoning For An Historic Mill, Maggie Jones, Richard Barringer

Planning

The village of Peace Dale in the town of South Kingstown, Rhode Island, developed around several mills that commenced operations in the 1800s. One mill, known as the Palisades, is still partially active and in excellent condition, but much of its square footage is unutilized. A citizens’ group of artists and business people joined with the mill owners and the town of South Kingstown to develop new zoning regulations to make more flexible the permitted uses for the mill site. The proposed zoning will allow the mill complex to feature a mix of retail, residential, and manufacturing uses, while preserving …

Augusta Me: The New Bridge Begets A New Planned Neighborhood, Molly Pulsifer, Richard Barringer

Planning

Construction of a new Third Bridge over the Kennebec River in Augusta offered the prospect of a new and handsome gateway to the city. Further, the resulting change in traffic patterns offered the City the chance to plan for a pattern of development quite different from what the city had experienced for the past half-century. The case study describes the planning and construction of the new bridge and corridors that re-routed traffic out of Augusta’s downtown and older neighborhoods, and created the opportunity for planned development adjacent to the corridor created by the new bridge. It goes on to describe …

Mapping And Estimation Of Impervious Surfaces, Vrunda Patki

All Theses

No abstract provided.

The Office/Industrial Land Dilemma: A Study Of The Blackstone River Corridor In Massachusetts, John Mullin, Zenia Kotval

Landscape Architecture & Regional Planning Faculty Publication Series

Local planners have often neglected their industrial resources and are therefore jeopardizing their economic base. There is clearly a mismatch between land zoned for industry and that which is suitable for development. Older areas are constrained by issues of compatibility, access, and environmental and flood plain issues. Greenfield sites are constrained by physical site characteristics, such as wetlands and slope, transportation networks, development pressures from other land uses and public perceptions and concerns surrounding industrial uses. Through this case study, this article analyzes the key factors that are influencing industrial land use decisions and provides recommendations that may be of …

(In)Seguridad Ciudadana En Ecuador, Fernando Carrión Mena

Fernando Carrión Mena

La violencia en Ecuador

La violencia en Ecuador es un fenómeno complejo que en la última década muestra incremento y cambios significativos. Primero, aumentaron los distintos tipos de violencia, medidos por los indicadores clásicos. Segundo, apareció una diversidad de expresiones de violencia y también se visibilizaron otras. Tercero, las trasformaciones en determinadas economías ilegales condicionaron el surgimiento de nuevos actores de la delincuencia.

El incremento de la violencia se expresa claramente al observar la evolución histórica del fenómeno. Según el INEC, en 1990 la tasa de homicidio en Ecuador fue de 10 por cada cien mil habitantes, cuestión que para …

Privatización De La Seguridad O Privación De Un Derecho, Fernando Carrión Mena

Fernando Carrión Mena

La privatización ha entrado con fuerza en el campo de la seguridad ciudadana y lo ha hecho bajo el pretexto de la ineficiencia pública en el control de la violencia; esto es, con la misma argumentación ideológica seguida en los procesos de privatización del Estado. En todo caso, ésta es una hipótesis –aun no comprobada de un proceso inscrito en la lógica general de reforma estatal, y aparece –en términos reales y objetivos- como la principal y más importante innovación en el combate a la violencia en América Latina. En otras palabras, la transformación más significativa producida en las políticas …

Changing Maine, 1960-2010: Teaching Guide, Richard Barringer, New England Environmental Finance Center

Maine History & Policy Development

Unlike forty years ago, none of us is now certain what the future holds for Maine – except that it will be different. Maine has been transformed by the events of the recent decades. We have come into a new world, a new time – a new historical era, if you will. This new era, like previous eras in Maine history, will require of us new ways of thinking, new ways of understanding, new ways of organizing ourselves as a community of people, if the values and culture we share and cherish are to endure and flourish.

Derecho A La Justicia, Fernando Carrión Mena

Fernando Carrión Mena

En estos días el tema de la justicia ha saltado a la palestra a raíz de la multitudinaria marcha organizada en la ciudad de Guayaquil , con la finalidad de exigir a las autoridades el control de la violencia a través de dos demandas concretas: la reorganización laboral de la fiscalía debido a los problemas de corrupción detectados alrededor del carrusel de presos de la cárcel y de la necesidad del incremento de penas como mecanismo de persuasión a los delincuentes.

En otras palabras, las demandas de la población se han dirigido hacia dos ámbitos concretos y sensibles de la …

The Death And Life Of Urban Design: Jane Jacobs,The Rockefeller Foundation And The New Research In Urbanism, 1955–1965, Peter L. Laurence

Publications

Between 1955 and 1965, the Rockefeller Foundation responded to the urban crises created by the pre- and post-war housing shortage and heavy-handed urban renewa lstrategies by sponsoring urban design research projects by Kevin Lynch, Jane Jacobs, E. A.Gutkind, Ian McHarg, Christopher Tunnard, Ian Nairn, Edmund Bacon, Christopher Alexander and others. Drawing on documents from the Rockefeller Foundation Archives,this paper considers the state of urban design theory after World War II and outlines the major sponsored research projects. The work of Jane Jacobs, who was closely involved with the Foundation’s urban design research programme, is examined in greater detail, while the …

Pre-Disaster Planning And Mitigation And Its Impact On Comprehensive Emergency Management And The Nation: Pre-Disaster Mitigation (Pdm) Program And The Population Protected, Thomas Lyons Carr Iii

Thomas Lyons (Thom) Carr III Appl.Sc., CEM

A Project for a Professional Degree submitted to The Faculty of School of Engineering and Applied Science of The George Washington University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Applied Scientist of Engineering Management May 21, 2006

On October 10, 2000, The Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 (DMA 2000 or DMA 2K) (Public Law 106-390) was enacted, amending the Robert T. Stafford Relief and Emergency Assistance Act and established new requirements for the national for hazard mitigation planning. States, Tribes, territories, and local governments now must have an approved mitigation plan in place prior to receiving certain …

Amherst Ma: A New Village Plan For Atkins Corner, Maggie Jones, Richard Barringer

Planning

The case study describes a successful smart growth initiative in the town of Amherst, Massachusetts, at an intersection known as Atkins Corner. The initiative grew from two motivating factors: the necessity of realigning Route 116, a major north-to-south artery through the town, to decrease traffic accidents at the intersection and improve pedestrian safety; and a desire on the part of Hampshire College and the Town to create a village center at the intersection. Through a consensus-building process involving key town officials, Hampshire College, neighbors, and the design firm of Dodson Associates, agreement on the project was reached with local stakeholders …

Debatir El Presupuesto Nacional Desde La Seguridad Ciudadana, Fernando Carrión Mena

Fernando Carrión Mena

El presupuesto del sector público se define, por un lado, de acuerdo a las relaciones de poder que, finalmente, se expresan en las políticas públicas. Esto significa que el presupuesto es producto de la correlación de fuerzas entre actores que intervienen en la definición de prioridades del ingreso y del gasto. Por otro lado, el presupuesto también constituye un mecanismo para transparentar ingresos y egresos, es decir, para rendir cuentas de lo actuado.

¿Es este el caso del presupuesto de seguridad ciudadana? ¿Existe un presupuesto de la seguridad ciudadana?

En relación a estas interrogantes es necesario señalar que a diferencia, …

The Proximate Principle Of Parks And Greenways: An Hedonic Analysis For Cary, North Carolina, Paul D. Stockwell

All Theses

No abstract provided.

La Transnacionalización Del Fútbol, Fernando Carrión Mena

Fernando Carrión Mena

La Federación Internacional d Fútbol Asociado (FIFA) es la primera institución de la globalización, nacida antes de que está exista; se trata de una organización no gubernamental (ONG), con una membresía mayor que la Organización de las Naciones Unidas (ONU) que se ubica incluso por encima de los Estados nacionales, y que tiene la capacidad para regular la economía mundial vinculada al fútbol.

Homeland Security: Engaging The Frontlines - Symposium Proceedings, George H. Baker, Cheryl J. Elliott

George H Baker

The rise of the American homeland security endeavor under the leadership of the new Department of Homeland Security has been heralded by several major national strategy documents. These documents have served to organize efforts at top levels within the government and industry. However, the national strategy guidance is not getting to many organizations and people at the grass-roots level who can make the most difference in preventing attacks, protecting systems, and recovering from catastrophic events, viz. the general citizenry, private infrastructure owners, and local governments. To better understand grass-roots issues and solutions, James Madison University, in cooperation with the Federal …

Sustainability And Interdisciplinary Education: Planning And The Caed Sustainable Environments Program, Paul Wack

City and Regional Planning

For the past fifteen years, through an interdepartmental effort, the College of Architecture and Environmental Design has been offering an interdisciplinary minor on Sustainable Environments. CRP professor Paul Wack, a devoted co-founder and one of its most popular instructors, writes about this unique and popular initiative which recently received a national educational award from the American Institute of Architects.

Reforma Policial, Fernando Carrión Mena

Fernando Carrión Mena

A fines de la década de los años ochenta, empieza a debatirse en América Latina sobre el papel de la Policía en la reducción de la violencia. En el país, este debate es más reciente y poco perceptible. El retorno a la democracia, el cambio de la seguridad pública a la seguridad ciudadana, la reforma del Estado y el incremento de la violencia exigen otro modelo policial y no exclusivamente el incremento de recursos económicos o policiales.

El retorno a la democracia -en el contexto histórico de la caída del muro de Berlín- clarifica la función de las policías en …