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Journal articles on the topic "Sustainable living – Colombia"
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Delgado-Albán, Darling Viviana. "Role of higher education in Colombia in peacebuilding." Revista Electrónica en Educación y Pedagogía 3, no. .5 (December 8, 2019): 145–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.15658/10.15658/rev.electron.educ.pedagog19.09030509.
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This is a reflection that attempts to analyze the role of universities in Colombia during the peacebuilding process. It is necessary to state out the relevant practices that the educational community has been used to empower education during war times. Moreover, it is critical to understand several facts that Colombian higher education has faced during the conflict and the post-conflict. The circumstances that the education in Colombian has been exposed to is just a sign that interventions and improvements are necessary to achieve a sustainable peace were minorities, students who have been victims of the conflict, and individuals that need support through education opportunities need to be a priority. It is important to know how instructional practices have become key tools that contribute to peacebuilding by the teaching of moral values, principles, concepts about the importance of the family, knowledge about good aspects of citizenship, and culture, and leadership strategies which enhance learners’ attitudes towards becoming citizens able to build a strong society that guarantees a positive future to its generations. This article shows that peace education is an essential element in achieving a sustainable peace around Colombia, where thousands of learners have been affected by the war that has frustrated their dreams and has hypnotized their hopes of living in a secure country where the possibilities to achieve a successful future turn each time further. This reflection is a resource for students and teachers to dig in their daily practices and interiorize the manners in which they can contribute positively to peacebuilding from the academy.
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Delgado-Albán, Darling Viviana. "Role of higher education in Colombia in peacebuilding." Revista Electrónica en Educación y Pedagogía 3, no. .5 (December 8, 2019): 145–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.15658/rev.electron.educ.pedagog19.09030509.
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This is a reflection that attempts to analyze the role of universities in Colombia during the peacebuilding process. It is necessary to state out the relevant practices that the educational community has been used to empower education during war times. Moreover, it is critical to understand several facts that Colombian higher education has faced during the conflict and the post-conflict. The circumstances that the education in Colombian has been exposed to is just a sign that interventions and improvements are necessary to achieve a sustainable peace were minorities, students who have been victims of the conflict, and individuals that need support through education opportunities need to be a priority. It is important to know how instructional practices have become key tools that contribute to peacebuilding by the teaching of moral values, principles, concepts about the importance of the family, knowledge about good aspects of citizenship, and culture, and leadership strategies which enhance learners’ attitudes towards becoming citizens able to build a strong society that guarantees a positive future to its generations. This article shows that peace education is an essential element in achieving a sustainable peace around Colombia, where thousands of learners have been affected by the war that has frustrated their dreams and has hypnotized their hopes of living in a secure country where the possibilities to achieve a successful future turn each time further. This reflection is a resource for students and teachers to dig in their daily practices and interiorize the manners in which they can contribute positively to peacebuilding from the academy.
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Rodriguez Zabala, Alejandra, Dahiana López-García, Sandra Ximena Carvajal-Quintero, and Adriana Arango Manrique. "A Comprehensive Review of Sustainability in Isolated Colombian Microgrids." Tecnura 25, no. 70 (October 1, 2021): 126–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.14483/22487638.18619.
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Context: The increase in rural electrification projects has led to the emergence of technologies that allow operating local distribution networks such as isolated microgrids. However, the successful implementation of these isolated microgrids requires that their planning, operation, monitoring, and control consider a framework that allows maintaining technical, economic, and environmental sustainability over an extended time horizon. Therefore, this paper proposes a model that allows identifying the main technical, economic, regulatory, and environmental variables that should be considered for the successful planning of Colombian rural electrification solutions. Methodology: This paper proposes the use of System Dynamics to create a model that allows describing the causal relationships between the different variables essential for the design and operation of isolated microgrids. To this effect, the identification of the related variables and their corresponding classification are presented, together with a model of theoretical expectations about their relationships. Results: A model that integrates and describes the behavior of the main variables involved in the operation of microgrids was formulated to analyze the possible implementation of policies that guarantee the sustainability of these solutions and enhance the use of renewable energy resources while improving the continuity of the electric energy supply. Conclusions: It was possible to show that operation by means of isolated microgrids with the integration of Distributed Energy Resources is a sustainable solution for rural electrification in Colombia, given that it enhances the use of generation resources with a reduced carbon footprint that are present in the territories under study. These microgrids have the potential to improve the living conditions of users by reducing unsatisfied basic needs. Funding: Universidad Nacional de Colombia – Sede Manizales.
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Porro, Roberto, Adilson Serrão, and Jonathan P. Cornelius. "The Amazon Initiative: A multidisciplinary, international consortium for prevention, mitigation and reduction of resource degradation." Forestry Chronicle 81, no. 3 (June 1, 2005): 337–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.5558/tfc81337-3.
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An institutional consortium has been formed in the Amazon to implement collaborative programs to reverse resource degradation through sustainable land use systems. The Amazon Initiative (AI) Consortium for Conservation and Sustainable Use of Natural Resources was created in mid-2003 and formalized in 2004 by the National Agricultural Research Institutions of Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela, together with four centers of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research: CIAT, CIFOR, ICRAF, and IPGRI. Associate institutions include regional research centers and universities. Consortium partners are creating an inter-institutional and interdisciplinary team, which will function as a "distributed network" of scientists, working at different sites in the Amazon. Under this arrangement, the Amazon Initiative will create conditions for institutional articulation and strengthen analytical skills to identify priorities for research and development intervention. In addition, the AI will develop methodological tools and information communication mechanisms to enhance the role of local agents for the sustainable development of their regions. In doing so, the AI will contribute to enhancing living conditions of traditional populations and smallholders in the region, while effectively contributing to integrated natural resource management and conservation efforts in sites highly exposed to development pressures in six Amazonian countries. Key words: interdisciplinary research, land degradation, international scientific collaboration, public policy, intervention strategy
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Asprilla-Perea, Jeferson, and Jose Maria Diaz-Puente. "Traditional use of wild edible food in rural territories within tropical forest zones: A case study from the northwestern Colombia." New Trends and Issues Proceedings on Humanities and Social Sciences 5, no. 1 (May 9, 2018): 162–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.18844/prosoc.v5i1.3399.
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Traditionally, wild edible food has been important sources of nutrition to human populations in rural territories within tropical forest zones. This study provides new insights on ethnobiological knowledge about the traditional use of wild edible food in rural territories within tropical forest zones in northwestern Colombia. Moreover, this knowledge makes an important contribution to the process of planning accurate and sustainable actions to improve food security. Methods: This study was conducted with 12 rural communities living in places within tropical forest zones in northwestern Colombia (South America) and 153 key informants were interviewed. To estimate the importance of each food for the studied communities, a Smith’s salience index was used. The results are presented in tables with absolute numbers and percentages. Results: Fifty- one food products provided by wild biodiversity were identified, the main ones being fruits, tubers, beef, eggs and fats. Fifty- three percent of them are food of plant origin and 47% of animal origin. These products are consumed either raw or boiled. However, they are also prepared using other cooking techniques. The most important edible foods of plant origin for the studied communities are the Borojo (Alibertia patioi), the Caimito (Pouteria caimito) and the Guayaba Agria (Psidium guajava), while those of animal origin are the Guagua (Cuniculus paca), the Guatin (Dasyprocta punctata) and the Venado (Mazama Americana). Conclusion: For these communities, the importance of wild edible food is not only related to a traditional consumption associated to flavour, hunting practices, cultivation nor their aphrodisiac properties but also relates to income-generating activities for subsistence. These findings suggest that once the food’s nutritional value and sustainable management practices are determined through science, technology and innovation processes, they could also be used as a feasible alternative for planning actions to improve food security in these territories.
Keywords: Wild edible food, tropical forest, food security, Colombia.
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Quintero-Jaramillo, Javier Andrés, Walter Murillo-Arango, and Ivonne Ximena Cerón-Salazar. "Use of thermal water as a natural coagulant for domestic wastewater sustainable treatment." Revista Facultad de Ingeniería 26, no. 44 (January 25, 2017): 33. http://dx.doi.org/10.19053/01211129.v26.n44.2017.5770.
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In the last several years, the interest on domestic wastewater treatment has increased due to the rise of water consumption resulted from the world population growth. The excessive use of inorganic coagulants, such as aluminum sulphate, in domestic wastewater treatment processes contributes to generate high negative environmental impacts and risks to living organisms. Besides its low biodegradability, as aluminum sulphate increases metal content in discharged effluents rises, generating toxic sludge. Therefore, searching for clean and sustainable processes for domestic wastewater treatment is important in order to reduce the pollutant discharges into fresh water bodies. In this paper, the potential use of thermal water as a natural coagulant for the domestic wastewater treatment from Manizales city (department of Caldas, Colombia), was studied. The effect of coagulant dose was analyzed and compared with the results of the conventional coagulants. Applying different doses of coagulants in domestic wastewater showed that the best coagulation activity was achieved by adding 35 ml/l of thermal water, and 140 mg/l of aluminum sulphate. In both cases, high turbidity removal efficiency (98.1 %) was achieved. The removal efficiency of Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) using aluminum sulphate was 81.5 %, and using thermal water was 75.4 %. In conclusion, thermal water has positive coagulation properties; therefore, it is a promising alternative to aluminum sulphate as a natural coagulant on the treatment of domestic wastewater.
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Salamanca Díaz, Daniel, and José Tiberio Hernández. "ARspace: Augmented Reality and Visual Analytics for Improving and Monitoring the Quality of Public Space - Case: Las Nieves Neighborhood in Bogota, Colombia." Interaction Design and Architecture(s), no. 40 (April 15, 2019): 69–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.55612/s-5002-040-005.
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Public space is a prerequisite for sustainable living, and it should be planned with the citizens´ needs as a starting point. In this paper, the process to carry out a collaborative environment is explained in order to support the improvement of the quality of public space through direct participatory processes. After analyzing previous works, a different approach was explored: generation of data and information based on people’s proposals and ideas and not on reports or complaints about the current state of public space. Augmented reality was chosen as a way for creating proposals and visual analytics in order to support collaboration and decision-making processes. Results showed a high level of acceptance by the stakeholders and, despite the difficulty in district institutions to work collaboratively and involve citizens, they acknowledged it is necessary to have comprehensive and inclusive visions to manage public space.
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Flórez, Marco Fidel, Jhon Fredys Linares, Eduardo Carrillo, Francisco Milton Mendes, and Bruno de Sousa. "Proposal for a Framework to Develop Sustainable Tourism on the Santurbán Moor, Colombia, as an Alternative Source of Income between Environmental Sustainability and Mining." Sustainability 14, no. 14 (July 16, 2022): 8728. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su14148728.
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The main goal of this paper was to propose a program to develop sustainable tourism at Santurbán moor in Colombia. This would open new paths toward economic growth for the communities inhabiting this sector who are currently facing a serious dilemma. First, the moor is an area of vital importance to the sustainability of more than two million people, who depend on water generated in the area. On the other hand, this land contains great mineral wealth and agricultural resources. This has generated an already long-lasting conflict of interest between environment conservation and the possible economic exploitation of the Santurbán moor through industrial mining. To this end, we conducted bibliographic research on sustainable tourism, specifically with scientific ends, that considered the potential of this area for its implementation. Prospective methodology was applied, beginning with the selection of a panel of experts to identify the most important external and internal variables that could affect the area. Then, Impact Matrix Cross-Reference Multiplication Applied to a Classification (MICMAC) software was used to identify the correlation between the different actors and their possible contributions. As a result of this research, a proposal is presented that is focused on the needs of the community living in the area, as supported by science and the academic community, and by the use of Industry 4.0 and related new technologies. This strategy could be used in other protected areas in Colombia, or throughout the world, that are currently being visited by tourists who, maybe unwillingly, are actually putting the sustainability of these areas at risk. In the future, this strategy will be consolidated and will lead to technological applications. This will allow tourists to enjoy protected places without threatening the conservation of these habitats.
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Raufflet, Emmanuel, and Luz-Dinora Vera. "Alicia Meneces and the challenges of Aguablanca." Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies 4, no. 8 (November 26, 2014): 1–7. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/eemcs-07-2013-0154.
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Subject area Urban poverty, mobilization, leadership, communication Study level/applicability This case is intended for graduate/postgraduate and MBA courses that discuss management issues in relation to corporate social responsibility, business and society or global issues. This case was successfully tested in an MBA course on sustainable development. These teaching notes result from this in-class experience. Case overview The morning of January 22, 2009. Cali, Colombia – Alicia Meneces was a member of the inaugural panel of the Simposio Internacional: Microfinanzas y Construcción de Paz (International Symposium: Microfinance as a Tool for Peacebuilding). The panel was composed of Álvaro Uribe (President of the Republic of Colombia), Enrique Garcia Rodriguez (President of the Development Bank of Latin America-CAF) and Luis Alberto Moreno (President of the Inter-American Development Bank). Her presence contrasted with that of the other panelists on several accounts: she was the only woman, she was the only panelist with direct and daily experience in poor neighborhoods and she was the only one familiar with the everyday processes of community mobilization in relation to microcredit in underprivileged communities. The case focuses on the message that Alicia Meneces intended to deliver to the audience of the Symposium based on her trajectory as a woman, as a community leader, and as the founder of the first Grameen microfinance institution in Colombia. Expected learning outcomes After using this case, students will be able to improve their understanding of poverty traps in developing countries; appreciate the challenges of living in poverty and the mechanisms of poverty production; and understand different forms of leadership. Supplementary materials Teaching Notes are available for educators only. Please contact your library to gain login details or email support@emeraldinsight.com to request teaching notes.
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Galmarini, Bianca, Paolo Costa, and Leonardo Chiesi. "Natural Building Materials and Social Representations in Informal Settlements: How Perceptions of Bamboo Interfere with Sustainable, Affordable, and Quality Housing." Sustainability 14, no. 19 (September 27, 2022): 12252. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su141912252.
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Building with natural materials has proven to be a sustainable approach in addressing the needs of affordable and healthy housing and improving living conditions in informal settlements in an era of ecological transition. In view of this, the use of bamboo as a building material is considered a promising practice. However, although many traditional building techniques incorporate the use of bamboo, its application in contemporary informal settlements is disputed. This interdisciplinary study critically explores the social and cultural factors limiting the use of bamboo in a contemporary context by investigating housing perceptions and practices in an informal settlement in Colombia. Results show how the combined effect of cultural globalization, modernization, and the standardization of construction practices have marginalized and are now devaluing traditional knowledge on natural local building materials. Structured observations and in-depth interviews reveal that inhabitants’ refusal of the local bamboo building tradition, their representation of bamboo as an unsafe and temporary material, and their choices of less sustainable contemporary building materials, are better understood by situating these preferences within the complex system of the community’s imaginary. These social representations validate housing behaviors for their symbolic implications rather than for their actual consequences on livability, comfort, and overall dwelling quality. The study also discusses the limits of policies promoting natural building materials in housing when exclusively focusing on technical performance, while neglecting the prevailing impact of the cultural domain on housing preferences and behaviors.
Book chapters on the topic "Sustainable living – Colombia"
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Patiño, Omar Alonso, Catalina Lucía Ruiz Arias, and Paula Echeverry Pérez. "Sustainable Entrepreneurship in Indigenous Communities in Colombia." In Handbook of Research on Smart Territories and Entrepreneurial Ecosystems for Social Innovation and Sustainable Growth, 378–98. IGI Global, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-2097-0.ch020.
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Indigenous communities in Colombia have been characterized by an economy of subsistence, influenced by the nomadic population that has allowed them to take advantage of the abundance of the environment in which they live and by the cultural context of these communities. The authors document a project initiative to co-create a sustainable entrepreneurship model for indigenous communities, to identify sustainable income alternatives adjusted to the culture and living conditions of indigenous people. First experiences of this project took place in La Fraguita Community in the Department of Caquetá at the south of Colombia, where a social entrepreneurship incubation process was deployed, identifying different productive activities, selecting grounded organic chili pepper as a pilot for the implementation of a culture-based and local product income alternative, with added value provided by the community.
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Young, Kenneth R., and Blanca León. "Tropical and Subtropical Landscapes of the Andes." In The Physical Geography of South America. Oxford University Press, 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195313413.003.0020.
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The Andes represent Earth’s longest mountain system and include some of the world’s highest peaks. The rugged relief found above 1,000 m elevation produces strong environmental gradients tied to dramatic changes in temperature, moisture, and atmospheric pressure. These physical factors provide the background to understanding Andean landforms and land cover. In this chapter, we review these factors and patterns, and the complicating influences of geology and human land use, for the tropical and subtropical portions of the Andes, above 1,000 m and from 11°N to 24°S, in Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Perú, Bolivia, and northernmost Argentina and Chile. The tropical Andes are recognized as one of the most important regions in the world from the viewpoint of biodiversity conservation (Myers et al., 2000; Brooks et al., 2002). They are home to ancient human settlements and early civilizations (Burger, 1992; Bruhns, 1994; Dillehay, 1999), and large indigenous populations (Maybury-Lewis, 2002) living in some of the highest permanent settlements in the world. As a result, a better understanding of the physical geography of this complex region is important for sustainable development initiatives and other global environmental concerns. Historically important overviews have been written for this region by von Humboldt (1807), Troll (1931), and Ellenberg (1958). Country-level studies include those for Venezuela (Monasterio, 1980), Colombia (Cuatrecasas, 1958; Rangel, 2000), Ecuador (Whymper, 1896; Acosta Solís, 1968; Jørgensen and León-Yánez, 1999), Perú (Weberbauer, 1945; Young and León, 2001), and Bolivia (Navarro and Maldonado, 2002). Luteyn (1999) has assembled information on the plants of the high elevations of the northern Andes, Luteyn and Churchill (2000) have examined the plant communities of the tropical Andes, and Kappelle and Brown (2001) have provided descriptive accounts of the montane forests. Inspiring chronicles can be found in Steele (1964) and Botting (1973). In this chapter, we first describe the relationships among the physical environments and natural landscapes of the tropical and subtropical Andes. We then discuss the natural vegetation types to be found, as typified by the forests, shrublands, grasslands, high Andean types, and wetlands. Finally, we summarize key aspects of the role of historical biogeography and human influences on and within those landscapes.
Conference papers on the topic "Sustainable living – Colombia"
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Salazar, Luis Hernando Correa, and Efrain Bernal Alzate. "Methodology for the optimal implementation of solar generation systems for the integral and sustainable development of rural areas in Colombia." In 2019 FISE-IEEE/CIGRE Conference - Living the energy Transition (FISE/CIGRE). IEEE, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/fisecigre48012.2019.8984993.
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Caballero Márquez, Jose Alonso, Mauricio José Martínez Pérez, Katherine Julieth Sierra Suárez, and Zulay Yesenia Ramírez León. "Knowledge transfer for process improvements of SMEs in the region: experience from Project-Based Learning." In INNODOCT 2021. Valencia: Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/inn2021.2021.13414.
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Knowledge has become the resource that enables higher levels of value aggregation in the production of goods and services, the sustainable insertion of emerging economies into the global village and the improvement of the living conditions of individuals. Based on the abovementioned, academia, particullarly universities are called to lead the generation of knowledge, not only for teaching and research, but also for offering solutions to the productive sector, that is, by generating knowledge transfer of businesses, the state and communities. This is the main challenge face by the academic community in order to prove if its intervention in organizations may have a great impact on the productivity and competitiveness of the different economic sectors. Therefore, this research aims to structure a teaching-learning strategy intended to the identification and analysis of a case problem of the productive sector. This strategy is based on the active methodology of project-based learning, as well as on the application of knowledge acquired by students in the following three areas: 1) Methods and Timing Analysis, 2) Human Talent Management; c) and Budgeting Fundamentals. Taking this into account, the students managed to diagnose and provide solutions to real problems of companies belonging to the productive sector of the region of Santander, Colombia. As a result of the research, it was possible to have a positive impact both from the point of view of the productivity of the organizations in the thematic axes addressed, as well as from the students’ appropriation of knowledge. In the same way, it was achieved the strengthening of the relationship between University – Business, contributing to the advance in the transfer of knowledge in the productive sector of the region from academia.
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Logapawan, J., and M. Pathiraja. "City as a system of systems; and evaluation of “urbanity” in post-pandemic space." In Independence and interdependence of sustainable spaces. Faculty of Architecture Research Unit, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.31705/faru.2022.3.
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The rapid spread of the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent compartmentalization of cities have questioned the existing norms of urban living. In such context, it is important to explore a form of ‘urbanism’ that fluctuates between the pre-COVID 19 requirements of social interdependence and the post-COVID-19 expectation of physical independence. In the form of qualitative research, “urbanity” is proposed as a critical point of departure for the theoretical investigation, while “system thinking” is employed as its key philosophical framework. Subsequently, a border normative definition for “city” is established by interrogating the notions of “urbanity” and “city as a system”. The reciprocal connection thus established between “urbanity” and “city as a system” defines an analytical framework to evaluate the behavior and challenges of urban settings underpinned by the expectations of the post-COVID-19 life. In applying this theoretical framework to the case study investigation, the “form syntax” method is used as the main analytical tool. Reviewing the results against the expectations of post COVID-19 urban space, a case is made on the criteria that facilitate post-pandemic urban life with special reference to the city of Colombo.
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Ranasinghe, R. A. D. M., and T. K. G. P. Ranasinghe. "Evaluation of the impact of multiple factors, elements and neighborhood patterns on the spread of dengue and covid-19: special reference to Colombo 15." In Independence and interdependence of sustainable spaces. Faculty of Architecture Research Unit, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.31705/faru.2022.1.
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During past decades, the mass movement of people from rural areas towards urban areas made cities vulnerable to environmental hazards, inequality, poverty, and communicable diseases identified as a huge threat. The spread of the Covid-19 pandemic causing more than five million deaths highlighted urban planning to rethink and rebuild cities to mitigate the pandemic and to create livable neighborhoods during future pandemics. The emergence of Dengue seasonally and the high number of victims and death rate is also critical health issue identified in Sri Lanka. After the emergence of covid-19, the urban areas have been highly affected and the urban households, lifestyles of people, and the corruption of countries’ economies caused an energy crisis, food crisis, unemployment, and increasing death rates that created a whole new chapter in urban planning to create comprehensive planning approaches to get back to normal while considering the risk factors. As Dengue fever is also more critical in the Sri Lankan context, the need for studies to identify the factors, and elements in urban areas including neighborhood patterns for the spread of Covid-19 and Dengue Fever is quite significant as a planner. The study focuses on the impact of urban elements, factors, and the different neighborhood patterns within the selected areas in Colombo-15 for the spread of covid-19 and dengue. The outputs indicate the vulnerability of different neighborhood patterns highlighting the measures that should be taken to mitigate the spread in the future. According to the study, the spread of dengue and covid-19 among people depends on the quality of housing and the characteristics of the neighbourhood and the comparatively high spread of diseases identified in horizontal neighborhoods with single-story housing and poor living condition.