Physicochemical contaminants elements present in the Cañafístula stream in the municipality of Polonuevo, Atlántico Authors: Arrieta Ruiz, Juan Carlos, Salazar Barrios, Jairo, Caseres Cañate, Yurelis

“…Global concern about the management of water and its sources is product of the environmental crisis of the modern world, since water is one of the constituent elements of life and living beings. Colombia is no stranger to such concern, since being a country with a great water wealth, this does not exempt it from being contaminated by various physicochemical and biological factors, which could cause harm not only to humans but also to ecosystems where they are, which can lead to gradually losing their quality of life. …”

Sustainable strategies for Tierra Bomba Island based on the concept of main ecological structure Authors: Herrera Atencio, Cristian

“…The proposed sustainability strategies seek, from the natural resources and social interactions, to guide the actions of preservation, restoration, sustainable use and productive activities, based on the biophysical elements that are part of the MES of the Island for participating in the development of its social and ecological function. These are also being negatively affected in terms of quality, extension and connectivity, fundamentally due to inadequate urban expansion processes, with the consequent increase in the extension and magnitude of the constructions present in the littoral and on the continental soil and the reduction of the borders between urban settlements and the biomes of the Island.…”

Los Social impacts of the transformation of public space (City of Buenos Aires, 2007-2017) Authors: Marcús, Juliana

“…What type of city is being produced? For whom it is? What is the role of the State and private capitals in these processes? …”

Landscape and public politics in Mexico. A relationship to be resolved Authors: Checa-Artasu, Martín Manuel

“…The landscape has been forgotten about in the environmental and territorial politics of Mexico. …”

Social-environmental processes of technology and innovation. From the alchemist witches of yesterday to the environmental scientists of today: De las brujas alquimistas de ayer a l... Authors: Castro Ramírez, María Eugenia

“…The social-environmental processes of technology and innovation that are in this work, are an alternative scientific approach, the result of a critical look at the way of thinking and doing science, from a dominant, masculine and elite science, built through centuries, excluding women and their ways of being, knowing, and understanding the world, the environment, and the world of sciences, in the plural. …”

City, heritage and environment: crossed lukeds Authors: de Almeida, Eneida

“…This article discusses the pertinence between the conservation practices of cultural heritage and the discussions about the environmental problems that especially afflict the great metropolis in the contemporary scenario. …”

Las Social networks in the current process of the reconstruction of San Gregorio Atlapulco, Xochimilco, México City Authors: Romero Castillo, Laura Isabel, Lovera Valencia, Itzel

“…This paper discusses the main socio-environmental elements that influence the presence of natural and anthropogenic risks, as well as the vulnerability of different geographical areas and social groups of this city, which has been affected repeatedly throughout history by earthquakes and floods. …”

It is not tourismphobia, it is class struggle. Urban policies, social unrest and tourism in a neighborhood of Barcelona Authors: Mansilla López, José A.

“…The protests against the excesses of tourism have been starring the newspapers’ covers around the world for several years. …”

La Rambla de Barcelona: territory in dispute Street vendors and the struggle for the city Authors: Espinosa Zepeda, Horacio

“…Street artists, musicians, street beer vendors, human statues, but above all “manteros”, which is the subject that occupies us in this article, have been persecuted, blackmailed, co-opted, with the ultimate goal of expelling them out of the streets or at less hide them. …”

Infrastructures and urban centrality in africa A bus terminal in Ziguinchor (Lower Casamance, Senegal Authors: Martínez Algueró, Romina

“…It is indeed, since it fosters an efficient symbiosis of a broad articulation of entities, mechanisms and actions. Beyond that, in which technicians and politicians see a mere infrastructural solution, a bus terminal is discovered as a hypersocialized place, framework of a multiple activity in which the bifurcated and contradictory condition of urban life becomes tangible, but also its integrator capacity. …”

The stabilized rammed earth building technique and its use in Australia Authors: do Prado Rocha, Rodrigo Amaral, Melo de Oliveira, Pedro

“…The building technique known as rammed earth has been used in Australian civil construction for decades. …”

Participatory methods and earthen construction in urban slums of Argentina Authors: Rotondaro, Rodolfo, Cacopardo, Fernando

“…The urban poverty and the Social Technology theories were been considered to define the objectives. Fieldwork was developed with the participation of the vulnerable population in neighborhoods of Mar del Plata and Buenos Aires’s cities. …”

Earthen construction in Puerto Rico? Buried knowledge, interrupted wisdom Authors: Méndez Resto, Roselyn

“…Countless research indicates that these constructions have been effective in places with similar conditions those the island. …”

The architecture of the millenary peoples of the altiplano: a female and male configuration, Jaqui Andean Authors: Yampara Blanco, Pacha Yapucha

“…The housing system, part of the local architectural heritage, has pitifully been ignored and forgotten, because of the hegemony of the capitalist commercial logic, contributed by the development and progressivism. …”

Sustainable constructions, environmental impacts Authors: Vélez Moreno, Ligia María

“…In this work, they are presented: The toxins generated by the building materials: the envelope in the buildings (Energy efficiency), durable materials in the building, the clean technologies and the certifications; to conclude: that today, more than ever, to take advantage of technology, the correct use of resources, and sustainable and integral development with environmental responsibility, contains the review of the professional exercise in the field of architecture, engineering, of urban planning and construction, from, the design process, with the selection of materials, under the premise of environmental sustainability and not only for aesthetic and economic reasons. Also besides, teams working in these fields will be forced, in a short time, to use certification systems and tolos such as the ACL as well as the use of utilities, BIM with CAD and scale in the integral management of projects.…”

Odor representations of the city. Olfactory experiences in literature: a sociological reading Authors: Sabido Ramos, Olga

“…The objective of this article is to present how the smells in the city are represented (Lahire, 2006; Becker, 2015) by two contemporary Mexican writers: Guadalupe Nettel (1973) and Ana Clavel (1961). …”

Gestión del conflicto derivado de la oferta de sexo: barrios en disputa Authors: Boy, Martín

“…Esto fue posible gracias a una beca posdoctoral otorgada por el Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET).…”

Gender, city, and violence(s). Emerging territorialities and cartographies Authors: Czytajlo, Natalia

“…The present work investigates the relations between the symbolic-representative and material physical dimensions of gender constructions and violence(s) in the public space of the city. …”

De Otra manera de ser: Entre lo público del espacio y la formación de una nueva ciudadanía democrática. (Una aproximación al interior de la alteridad como condición fundante de nu... Authors: Leonel, Francisco Javier

“…On the last part of the 20th century, have been raise the concern of the public space that is a fundamental element for the human development. …”

De From colonial masonry to modern exposed brickwork Bogota’s brick workshops and their influence on urban and architectural development (1810-1920): Los chircales de Bogotá y su... Authors: Molina Prieto, Luis Fernando, Hinojosa, Rita

“…The article presents an approach to the historical evolution of Bogota’s early brick workshops, emphasizing on their contribution to architecture and urban development between 1810 and 1920. It includes an outlook of the so called Architecture of Transition, identifying styles, architects and construction materials, and it analyzes the quality of the bricks provided by those local clayworkshops during the given period, as well as their production techniques improvement. …”