Toward sustainability and resilience in Chilean cities: Lessons and recommendations for air, water, and soil issues

dc.article.numbere18191
dc.catalogadordfo
dc.contributor.authorSimon, François
dc.contributor.authorGironás León, Jorge Alfredo
dc.contributor.authorRivera, Javier
dc.contributor.authorVega, Alejandra
dc.contributor.authorArce, Guillermo
dc.contributor.authorMolinos Senante, María
dc.contributor.authorJorquera, Héctor
dc.contributor.authorFlamant, Gilles
dc.contributor.authorBustamante Gómez, Waldo
dc.contributor.authorGreene, Margarita
dc.contributor.authorVargas Cucurella, Ignacio Tomás
dc.contributor.authorSuárez Poch, Francisco Ignacio
dc.contributor.authorPastén González, Pablo Arturo
dc.contributor.authorCortés Arancibia, Sandra
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-23T20:36:54Z
dc.date.available2023-08-23T20:36:54Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.abstractAchieving sustainability and resilience depends on the conciliation of environmental, social, andeconomic issues integrated into a long-term perspective to ensure communities flourish. Manynations are transitioning toward both objectives, while at the same time addressing structuralconcerns that have not allowed them to look after the environment in the past. Chile is one ofthese nations dealing with such challenges within a particular administrative context, anincreasing environmental awareness, and a set of unique and complex geophysical boundariesthat impose a plethora of hazards for cities, ecosystems, and human health. This paper presentsrecent accomplishments and gaps, mostly from an environmental perspective, on issues related toair pollution, the urban water cycle, and soil contamination, in the path being followed by Chiletoward urban sustainability and resilience. The focus is on the bonds between cities and theirgeophysical context, as well as the relationships between environmental issues, the built environment, and public health. The description and diagnosis are illustrated using two cities as casestudies, Temuco and Copiapo, ´ whose socioeconomic, geographical, and environmental attributesdiffer considerably. Particulate matter pollution produced by the residential sector, drinkingwater availability, wastewater treatment, stormwater management, and soil contamination fromthe mining industry are discussed for these cities. Overall, the case studies highlight how tacklingthese issues requires coordinated actions in multiple areas, including regulatory, information, and financial incentive measures. Finally, the policy analysis discusses frameworks and opportunitiesfor Chilean cities, which may be of interest when conceiving transitional paths toward sustainability and resilience for other cities elsewhere.
dc.fechaingreso.objetodigital2023-08-23
dc.fuente.origenORCID
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e18191
dc.identifier.eissn2405-8440
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e18191
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/74481
dc.information.autorucFacultad de Educación ; Solis Zanartu, Maria Cristina ; 0000-0001-9105-0502 ; 50574
dc.information.autorucEscuela de Ingeniería ; Gironas Leon Jorge Alfredo ; 0000-0002-6933-2658 ; 1681
dc.information.autorucEscuela de Ingeniería ; Molinos Senante Maria ; 0000-0002-6689-6861 ; 1015346
dc.information.autorucEscuela de Ingeniería ; Jorquera Gonzalez Hector Ivan Joaquin ; 0000-0002-7462-7901 ; 100302
dc.information.autorucInstituto de Estudios Urbanos y Territoriales ; Bustamante Gomez Waldo Enrique ; 0000-0002-0420-5383 ; 60669
dc.information.autorucEscuela de Arquitectura ; Greene Zuniga Margarita ; 0000-0001-9105-0502 ; 50939
dc.information.autorucEscuela de Ingeniería ; Vargas Cucurella Ignacio Tomas ; 0000-0001-5974-2795 ; 17080
dc.information.autorucEscuela de Ingeniería ; Suarez Poch Francisco ; 0000-0002-4394-957X ; 15891
dc.information.autorucEscuela de Ingeniería ; Pasten Gonzalez Pablo Arturo ; 0000-0002-9961-9342 ; 87432
dc.information.autorucEscuela de Medicina ; Cortes Arancibia Sandra Isabel ; 0000-0003-3293-1419 ; 1005970
dc.issue.numero7
dc.language.isoen
dc.nota.accesoContenido completo
dc.pagina.final21
dc.pagina.inicio1
dc.revistaHeliyon
dc.rightsacceso abierto
dc.subjectSustainability
dc.subjectResilience
dc.subjectCities
dc.subjectAir pollution
dc.subjectWater management
dc.subjectSoil quality
dc.subjectEnergy efficiency
dc.subjectChile
dc.subject.ddc620
dc.subject.deweyIngenieríaes_ES
dc.titleToward sustainability and resilience in Chilean cities: Lessons and recommendations for air, water, and soil issues
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen9
dc.volumen9
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sipa.trazabilidadORCID;2023-08-21
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