Browsing by Author "Valenzuela Levi, Nicolás Darío"

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    Housing and accessibility after the COVID-19 pandemic: Rebuilding for resilience, equity and sustainable mobility
    (Elsevier Ltd, 2021) Valenzuela Levi, Nicolás Darío; Echiburú Altamirano, Tomás; Correa, Juan; Hurtubia González, Ricardo; Muñoz Abogabir, Juan Carlos; CEDEUS (Chile)
    A more sustainable post COVID-19 world requires urban transport policies aiming for resilience, social equity and decarbonisation. Instead of just focusing on the transport sector, the authors propose an integrated approach to housing and mobility. This approach acknowledges the challenges posed by inadequate housing and dependence on motorised transport during the COVID-19 crisis. In contrast, adequate housing and cycling became paramount resources while confronting the pandemic. Using Santiago de Chile as a case study, this research examines how different relocation scenarios for its current housing deficit cannot only affect the ability to implement stay-at-home measures, but also the potential of cycling as a relevant commuting alternative. The current location of the families suffering this deficit is compared to three scenarios: compact, pericentral and extended. In light of the learnings from the COVID-19 crisis, a housing-cycling policy becomes a tool for resilience; equity is achieved by enforcing the right to housing, by increasing job opportunities among the poor, and by reducing the dependence on expensive motorised transport; decarbonisation is achieved by promoting active transportation and reducing the dependence on motorisation.
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    Promoting adoption of recycling by municipalities in developing countries : Increasing or redistributing existing resources?
    (2021) Valenzuela Levi, Nicolás Darío; Araya-Cordova, P. J.; Davila, S.; Vasquez, O. C.; CEDEUS (Chile)
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    The role of socio-territorial conditions and distance to infrastructure for promoting recycling in Latin American cities: The case of Santiago de Chile
    (Elsevier Ltd, 2023) Valenzuela Levi, Nicolás Darío; Flores Castillo, Mónica Andrea; CEDEUS (Chile)
    Convenient distances and higher density of drop-off points are expected to increase the probability of people participating in waste separation. However, although several analyses search for optimal distances between users and drop-off points, they tend to concentrate on European case studies. Few studies have analysed the actuallyexisting experiences regarding these factors in cities from the Global South. In this context, the authors provide an analysis on Santiago, the capital of Chile. A survey (N = 387) is generated to represent five neighbourhood clusters, and a logit binary outcome model is used to analyse the data. The research also considers territorial conditions based on the specific characteristics of the Latin American cities, particularly socioeconomic variables and location (i.e. centre versus periphery). The findings point towards a prominent role of educational levels, and an inverted U relationship between proximity to drop off points and the probability of recycling. Additionally, in the case of metals, results indicate that probability of recycling is higher both in the areas that concentrate the poor and in those that concentrate the rich. Such result is most likely associated to a contrasting relationship between recycling and socioeconomic variables: one linked to the need of generating income, and the other to privilege (i.e. conspicuous consumption and domestic workers).