Transport and health: a look at three Latin American cities

Transport and health: a look at three Latin American cities.

Transport is associated with environmental problems, economic losses, health and social inequalities. A number of European and US cities have implemented initiatives to promote multimodal modes of transport. In Latin America changes are occurring in public transport systems and a number of projects aimed at stimulating non-motorized modes of transport (walking and cycling) have already been imp...

The spatial structure of Latin American cities.

"Using published census data, metropolitan area population and employment statistics are constructed for several large Latin American cities in 1950, 1960, and 1970, and compared to similar statistics from selected North American cities. The Latin cities are experiencing decentralization of population and some decentralization of employment. Overall population density patterns of large Latin ci...

The effect of transport policies on car use: Theory and evidence from Latin American cities

Latin American cities have tried different policies to get people out of their cars. In 1989, authorities in Mexico City introduced a driving restriction program, Hoy-No-Circula, that prevents most drivers from using their vehicles one weekday per week. More recently, in 2007, authorities in Santiago embarked in a city-wide transportation reform, Transantiago, to improve and increase the use of...

The avoidable health effects of air pollution in three Latin American cities: Santiago, São Paulo, and Mexico City.

Urban centers in Latin American often face high levels of air pollution as a result of economic and industrial growth. Decisions with regard to industry, transportation, and development will affect air pollution and health both in the short term and in the far future through climate change. We investigated the pollution health consequences of modest changes in fossil fuel use for three case stu...

Understanding Past and Present Changes in Latin American Cities