Urban sprawl and fragmentation in Latin America: A dynamic quantification and characterization of spatial patterns

2013 ◽  
Vol 115 ◽  
pp. 87-97 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luis Inostroza ◽  
Rolf Baur ◽  
Elmar Csaplovics
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Spatial Patterns ◽  
Urban Sprawl

scholarly journals Determinants of urban sprawl in Latin America: evidence from Santiago de Chile

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
Cristian Silva ◽  
Francisco Vergara-Perucich
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Urban Sprawl ◽  
Capital City ◽  
Design And Implementation ◽  
Policy Context ◽  
Santiago De Chile ◽  
City Regions ◽  
Policy Frameworks ◽  
Social And Environmental Impacts

AbstractUrban sprawl has been widely discussed in regard of its economic, political, social and environmental impacts. Consequently, several planning policies have been placed to stop—or at least restrain—sprawling development. However, most of these policies have not been successful at all as anti-sprawl policies partially address only a few determinants of a multifaceted phenomenon. This includes processes of extended suburbanisation, peri-urbanisation and transformation of fringe/belt areas of city-regions. Using as a case study the capital city of Chile—Santiago—thirteen determinants of urban sprawl are identified as interlinked at the point of defining Santiago's sprawling geography as a distinctive space that deserves planning and policy approaches in its own right. Unpacking these determinants and the policy context within which they operate is important to better inform the design and implementation of more comprehensive policy frameworks to manage urban sprawl and its impacts.

scholarly journals SplitPocket: identification of protein functional surfaces and characterization of their spatial patterns

2009 ◽  
Vol 37 (Web Server) ◽  
pp. W384-W389 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Y. Tseng ◽  
C. Dupree ◽  
Z. J. Chen ◽  
W.-H. Li
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Patterns ◽  
Functional Surfaces

Characterization of Order and Disorder in Spatial Patterns

1987 ◽  
pp. 295-303 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Markus ◽  
S. C. Müller ◽  
Th Plesser ◽  
B. Hess
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Patterns ◽  
Order And Disorder

The characterization of asthma with blood eosinophilia in adults in Latin America

2018 ◽  
Vol 56 (11) ◽  
pp. 1138-1146
Author(s):  
Martín Bedolla-Barajas ◽  
José Raúl Ortiz-Peregrina ◽  
Dante Daniel Hernández-Colín ◽  
Jaime Morales-Romero ◽  
Tonatiuh Ramses Bedolla-Pulido ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Blood Eosinophilia

scholarly journals First characterization of K. pneumoniae ST11 clinical isolates harboring blaKPC-3 in Latin America

2020 ◽  
Vol 52 (3) ◽  
pp. 211-216 ◽  
Author(s):  
Virginia Garcia-Fulgueiras ◽  
Yuliana Zapata ◽  
Romina Papa-Ezdra ◽  
Pablo Ávila ◽  
Leticia Caiata ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Clinical Isolates

scholarly journals Characterization of Patients with Thymic Tumors in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Latin America

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Fernandez ◽  
E.I. Morales ◽  
D.F. Scarpetta ◽  
V. Zuniga ◽  
D. Martinez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Tertiary Care Hospital ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Thymic Tumors

scholarly journals Characterization of individuals at high risk of developing melanoma in Latin America: bases for genetic counseling in melanoma

2015 ◽  
Vol 18 (7) ◽  
pp. 727-736 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susana Puig ◽  
Miriam Potrony ◽  
Francisco Cuellar ◽  
Joan Anton Puig-Butille ◽  
Cristina Carrera ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Genetic Counseling ◽  
High Risk

scholarly journals Multidimensional characterization of the regional urban model and the urban sprawl in Valencia

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (04) ◽  
pp. 493-505 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric Gielen ◽  
José Luis Miralles I Garcia ◽  
Gabriel Riutort Mayol
Keyword(s):  
Urban Sprawl ◽  
Urban Model

scholarly journals Isolation and genetic characterization of a relapsing fever spirochete isolated from Ornithodoros puertoricensis collected in central Panama

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (8) ◽  
pp. e0009642
Author(s):  
Sergio E. Bermúdez ◽  
Brittany A. Armstrong ◽  
Lillian Domínguez ◽  
Aparna Krishnavajhala ◽  
Alexander R. Kneubehl ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
North America ◽  
Central America ◽  
Human Disease ◽  
Genetic Characterization ◽  
Relapsing Fever ◽  
Tick Vector ◽  
The City ◽  
Central Panama

Tick-borne relapsing fever (TBRF) spirochetes are likely an overlooked cause of disease in Latin America. In Panama, the pathogens were first reported to cause human disease in the early 1900s. Recent collections of Ornithodoros puertoricensis from human dwellings in Panama prompted our interest to determine whether spirochetes still circulate in the country. Ornithodoros puertoricensis ticks were collected at field sites around the City of Panama. In the laboratory, the ticks were determined to be infected with TBRF spirochetes by transmission to mice, and we report the laboratory isolation and genetic characterization of a species of TBRF spirochete from Panama. Since this was the first isolation of a species of TBRF spirochete from Central America, we propose to designate the bacteria as Borrelia puertoricensis sp. nov. This is consistent with TBRF spirochete species nomenclature from North America that are designated after their tick vector. These findings warrant further investigations to assess the threat B. puertoricensis sp. nov. may impose on human health.

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