Essays about: "Potosí"

Found 4 essays containing the word Potosí.

  1. 1. An Affordable Proposal for an Urban Development in Mexico

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljö

    Author : Tania Hueck; [2020]
    Keywords : Affordability; Social housing; Mexico; Sustainable Urban Design; Urban growth; Arts and Architecture;

    Abstract : Mexico will need to provide about 26 million housing units by 2030 and it is only through the understanding of the current situation and the awareness of the main challenges that affect the housing problems, that appropriate responses to the context can be proposed. By providing decent, secure and affordable housing, social problems can be reduced improving health and security, local economies can be boosted and developed, and community sense, identity and place can be formed. READ MORE

  3. 2. Public green corridors in Cochabamba : a conceptual model proposal for green infrastructure in Cochabamba, Bolivia

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Lisa Blomkvist; Gustav Stål; [2019]
    Keywords : green infrastructure; green corridors; sustainable cities; Cochabamba; pollinators;

    Abstract : (1) The urbanization around the world has led a fragmentation of the natural habitats of plant and animal species. The urban structure is generating a growing matrix that is preventing the dispersal of species. This is damaging the biodiversity and is leading to mass extinction. READ MORE

  4. 3. Greening Potosí : making use of green infrastructure in a dense, informal settlement of Bogotá

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Amanda Hultman; Johanna Svahn; [2016]
    Keywords : green infrastructure; informal settlement; Potosí; public green space;

    Abstract : Today more people are living in urban areas than in rural and the global trend of urbanization is rapidly increasing. In Colombia, around 76 per cent of the population is living in urban areas, most of them in the capital city Bogotá. READ MORE

  5. 4. Sugar sweetened beverages – psychosocial, behavioral, and dietary determinants, and association to obesity: A cross-sectional study among university students in San Luis Potosí and Yucatán, Mexico

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Internationell mödra- och barnhälsovård (IMCH)

    Author : Sunghee Cho; [2015]
    Keywords : obesity; Mexico; university students; SSB; determinants; agau frescas; BMI; central obesity;

    Abstract : Background: Obesity is a rapidly growing public health problem with negative health consequences in Mexico, resulted from the nutrition transition. In Mexico calories from sugar sweetened beverages (SSB) accounts for 19% of total energy intake. Although young adults are major SSB consumers, is an understudied population. READ MORE