Browsing by Author "Rodríguez Leiva, Sebastián"

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    Comparing COVID-19 in the antipodes: insights from pandemic containment strategies on both sides of the Pacific
    (2022) Benita, Francisco; Fuentes Arce, Luis; Guzmán, Luis A.; Martínez, Rafael; Muñoz Abogabir, Juan Carlos; Neo, Harvey; Rodríguez Leiva, Sebastián; Soza Parra, Jaime Antonio
    That the COVID-19 pandemic is unprecedented in terms of its scale, spread and shocks can be evinced by the myriad of ever-changing responses cities all around the world have rolled out throughout the different waves of outbreaks. Although the threat is similar across the world, it took some time before its reach became global and the waves of outbreak are experienced by cities at different times. While this staggered spread imply that some cities might manage the virus better as they learn from the experiences of cities which had been amongst the earliest to face the virus, the reality is more complicated. In the early stages of the pandemic, the global consensus on the best way to contain the virus swiftly converged in the interlinked strategies of restricting the movement of people and minimizing their social contact. However, the effectiveness of these strategies differ greatly between cities. To that end, this study focuses on COVID-19 responses in two regions (Latin America and Southeast Asia) and examines the evolution of the first wave of COVID-19 outbreaks during 2020 in Singapore, Jakarta (Indonesia), Bogot´a (Colombia) and Santiago (Chile). The study is based on a comparative approach and uses a variety of data sources, namely morphology, density, housing concentration, mobility, and governance in the four analyzed cities. The goal is to shed light on the response of city governments in these two different regions in terms of mobility restrictions in order to reduce the cases of new infections. The results show the relevance of urban policies and their territorial approaches, particularly in terms of mobility and public transport networks in the four cities.
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    Vitalidad urbana y sociabilidad barrial: complejidades de una metrópolis latinoamericana
    (2022) Link, Felipe; Señoret Swinburn, Andrés; Fuentes Arce, Luis; Rodríguez Leiva, Sebastián
    Ciertos autores argumentan que la vitalidad urbana incentiva la sociabilidad entre los habitantes. Sin embargo dicha literatura concentra sus análisis en los atributos del entorno construido, como la densidad o la diversidad de usos de suelo, sin considerar las prácticas efectivas ni la influencia de los factores sociodemográficos en la sociabilidad barrial. El presente artículo busca profundizar en esta relación, analizando indicadores identificados por la literatura como condiciones necesarias para la vitalidad urbana, contrastándolos con variables de sociabilidad barrial como el uso del barrio, la familiaridad pública, la vecindad de la red y la sociabilidad entre vecinos, y con indicadores sociodemográficos para el Área Metropolitana de Santiago de Chile. Además de encontrar una influencia importante de los factores sociodemográficos, se identifica una relación más compleja entre la vitalidad urbana y la sociabilidad barrial, lo que revela la necesidad de repensar el concepto para la realidad de las metrópolis latinoamericanas.