Julio D Dávila
Biographic Data
| ID | 1746190 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Julio D Dávila |
| GIVEN NAMES | Julio D |
| FAMILY NAME | Dávila |
| SIGNATURE | DÁVILA J D |
| AFFILIATIONS | International Institute for Environment and Development |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8319-2893 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 110 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1985 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Lycra and guardian angels
Previous research concentrated in developed countries argues that individuals engaging in leisure cycling might transition from car- or motorbike-based mobilities to urban cycling. In addition to this, individuals engaging in leisure cycling could also potentially change their perceptions about the multiple risks imposed by motorised vehicles to cyclists and pedestrians, and as a consequence, re-shape the way they drive motorised vehicles. Nevert…
Does urbanization make emergence of zoonosis more likely? Evidence, myths and gaps
Rapid urbanization in the global South is adding epidemiological and nutritional challenges and increasing disease and health burdens for citizens. Greater movement of people, animals, food and trade often provides favourable grounds for the emergence of infectious diseases, including zoonoses. We conduct a rapid evidence scan to explore what is known and hypothesized about the links between urbanization and zoonosis emergence. This points to rap…
Participatory mapping and food‐centred justice in informal settlements in Nairobi, Kenya
Food vendors are pivotal in the local food system of most low‐income informal settlements in Nairobi, Kenya, despite being seen as an obstruction and as agents of disease and filth by city authorities. This paper explores the geography of these foodscapes – defined as public sites of food production and consumption – in selected low‐income settlements in Nairobi, focusing on the interaction of food vendors with their surrounding environment and i…
The politics of (im)mobility
Constructing wellbeing, deconstructing urban (im)mobilities in Abuja, Nigeria
This chapter engages with a discussion on the role of transport mobility in the wellbeing of low-income urban citizens of the Global South. Using the case of Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city, we explore transport-related vulnerabilities and disadvantages for low-income and vulnerable groups and how they are addressed by local transport. First, the chapter aims to illustrate the importance of new knowledge(s) and methodologies critical to the future …
Planning for Mobility and Socio-Environmental Justice
In 2004, Medellín, Colombia's second largest city, implemented the world’s first modern urban aerial cable-car public transport system. The impetus and subsequent history of this initiative are marked, on the one hand, by a commitment to social urbanism and spatial justice, and on the other hand, by neo-liberal elements related to making the city more nationally, regionally and globally more competitive. As a relatively cheap, clean and highly vi…
Transport, urban development and the peripheral poor in Colombia — Placing splintering urbanism in the context of transport networks
Shaping cities for health
Mobility innovation at the urban margins
With the consolidation of democratic governments in the 1980s and 1990s, wholesale evictions of entire neighbourhoods ceased to be a solution to urban problems in Latin America. This paper discusses an example of a new generation of municipal programmes aimed at physically upgrading informal settlements while integrating them both physically and socially into the fabric of the city. In Medellín, a city with a recent history of violence and social…
Being a mayor
Local governments are particularly relevant to people's daily lives as they manage the infrastructure and services that directly influence quality of life. Elected mayors tend to be more responsive to the needs of the poor majority than centrally appointed mayors or mayors who are elected by fellow councillors. Colombia's municipal mayors have been elected since 1988 and local governments have been given increased responsibilities and powers to r…
The peri-urban water poor
Using the results of a comparative three-year research project in five metropolitan areas, this article reviews a range of practices in accessing water and sanitation by peri-urban poor residents and producers. It starts from the observation that neither centralized supply policies nor the market through, for example, large-scale profit-making enterprises are able to meet their needs. Although they are consumers insofar as they have no option but…
El estado del medio ambiente en las ciudades latinoamericanas
Este artículo contiene una descripción del medio ambiente en las ciudades latinoamericanas. El autor presenta con cierto detalle los efectos negativos en el ambiente urbano que resultan de la combinación del creciente incremento demográfico, del proceso de urbanización y de la concentración de actividades económicas en algunas ciudades.Al mismo tiempo que se analizan los serios problemas del agua, los suelos y el aire, se ofrece un panorama de lo…
The geography of urban-rural interaction in developing countries
Work, wages and welfare in a developing metropolis
Pereira-Dos Quebradas
Theatres of accumulation
Bogota's unregulated subdivisions
Housing, The state and the poor
The peri-urban water poor
Using the results of a comparative three-year research project in five metropolitan areas, this article reviews a range of practices in accessing water and sanitation by peri-urban poor residents and producers. It starts from the observation that neither centralized supply policies nor the market through, for example, large-scale profit-making enterprises are able to meet their needs. Although they are consumers insofar as they have no option but…
Mobility innovation at the urban margins
With the consolidation of democratic governments in the 1980s and 1990s, wholesale evictions of entire neighbourhoods ceased to be a solution to urban problems in Latin America. This paper discusses an example of a new generation of municipal programmes aimed at physically upgrading informal settlements while integrating them both physically and socially into the fabric of the city. In Medellín, a city with a recent history of violence and social…
Transport, urban development and the peripheral poor in Colombia — Placing splintering urbanism in the context of transport networks
Does urbanization make emergence of zoonosis more likely? Evidence, myths and gaps
Rapid urbanization in the global South is adding epidemiological and nutritional challenges and increasing disease and health burdens for citizens. Greater movement of people, animals, food and trade often provides favourable grounds for the emergence of infectious diseases, including zoonoses. We conduct a rapid evidence scan to explore what is known and hypothesized about the links between urbanization and zoonosis emergence. This points to rap…
Being a mayor
Local governments are particularly relevant to people's daily lives as they manage the infrastructure and services that directly influence quality of life. Elected mayors tend to be more responsive to the needs of the poor majority than centrally appointed mayors or mayors who are elected by fellow councillors. Colombia's municipal mayors have been elected since 1988 and local governments have been given increased responsibilities and powers to r…
Participatory mapping and food‐centred justice in informal settlements in Nairobi, Kenya
Food vendors are pivotal in the local food system of most low‐income informal settlements in Nairobi, Kenya, despite being seen as an obstruction and as agents of disease and filth by city authorities. This paper explores the geography of these foodscapes – defined as public sites of food production and consumption – in selected low‐income settlements in Nairobi, focusing on the interaction of food vendors with their surrounding environment and i…
The politics of (im)mobility
El estado del medio ambiente en las ciudades latinoamericanas
Este artículo contiene una descripción del medio ambiente en las ciudades latinoamericanas. El autor presenta con cierto detalle los efectos negativos en el ambiente urbano que resultan de la combinación del creciente incremento demográfico, del proceso de urbanización y de la concentración de actividades económicas en algunas ciudades.Al mismo tiempo que se analizan los serios problemas del agua, los suelos y el aire, se ofrece un panorama de lo…
Housing, The state and the poor
Theatres of accumulation
Bogota's unregulated subdivisions
Pereira-Dos Quebradas
Work, wages and welfare in a developing metropolis
The geography of urban-rural interaction in developing countries
El estado del medio ambiente en las ciudades latinoamericanas
Este artículo contiene una descripción del medio ambiente en las ciudades latinoamericanas. El autor presenta con cierto detalle los efectos negativos en el ambiente urbano que resultan de la combinación del creciente incremento demográfico, del proceso de urbanización y de la concentración de actividades económicas en algunas ciudades.Al mismo tiempo que se analizan los serios problemas del agua, los suelos y el aire, se ofrece un panorama de lo…
The peri-urban water poor
Using the results of a comparative three-year research project in five metropolitan areas, this article reviews a range of practices in accessing water and sanitation by peri-urban poor residents and producers. It starts from the observation that neither centralized supply policies nor the market through, for example, large-scale profit-making enterprises are able to meet their needs. Although they are consumers insofar as they have no option but…
Being a mayor
Local governments are particularly relevant to people's daily lives as they manage the infrastructure and services that directly influence quality of life. Elected mayors tend to be more responsive to the needs of the poor majority than centrally appointed mayors or mayors who are elected by fellow councillors. Colombia's municipal mayors have been elected since 1988 and local governments have been given increased responsibilities and powers to r…
Mobility innovation at the urban margins
With the consolidation of democratic governments in the 1980s and 1990s, wholesale evictions of entire neighbourhoods ceased to be a solution to urban problems in Latin America. This paper discusses an example of a new generation of municipal programmes aimed at physically upgrading informal settlements while integrating them both physically and socially into the fabric of the city. In Medellín, a city with a recent history of violence and social…
Shaping cities for health
Transport, urban development and the peripheral poor in Colombia — Placing splintering urbanism in the context of transport networks
Constructing wellbeing, deconstructing urban (im)mobilities in Abuja, Nigeria
This chapter engages with a discussion on the role of transport mobility in the wellbeing of low-income urban citizens of the Global South. Using the case of Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city, we explore transport-related vulnerabilities and disadvantages for low-income and vulnerable groups and how they are addressed by local transport. First, the chapter aims to illustrate the importance of new knowledge(s) and methodologies critical to the future …
Planning for Mobility and Socio-Environmental Justice
In 2004, Medellín, Colombia's second largest city, implemented the world’s first modern urban aerial cable-car public transport system. The impetus and subsequent history of this initiative are marked, on the one hand, by a commitment to social urbanism and spatial justice, and on the other hand, by neo-liberal elements related to making the city more nationally, regionally and globally more competitive. As a relatively cheap, clean and highly vi…
The politics of (im)mobility
Does urbanization make emergence of zoonosis more likely? Evidence, myths and gaps
Rapid urbanization in the global South is adding epidemiological and nutritional challenges and increasing disease and health burdens for citizens. Greater movement of people, animals, food and trade often provides favourable grounds for the emergence of infectious diseases, including zoonoses. We conduct a rapid evidence scan to explore what is known and hypothesized about the links between urbanization and zoonosis emergence. This points to rap…
Participatory mapping and food‐centred justice in informal settlements in Nairobi, Kenya
Food vendors are pivotal in the local food system of most low‐income informal settlements in Nairobi, Kenya, despite being seen as an obstruction and as agents of disease and filth by city authorities. This paper explores the geography of these foodscapes – defined as public sites of food production and consumption – in selected low‐income settlements in Nairobi, focusing on the interaction of food vendors with their surrounding environment and i…
Lycra and guardian angels
Previous research concentrated in developed countries argues that individuals engaging in leisure cycling might transition from car- or motorbike-based mobilities to urban cycling. In addition to this, individuals engaging in leisure cycling could also potentially change their perceptions about the multiple risks imposed by motorised vehicles to cyclists and pedestrians, and as a consequence, re-shape the way they drive motorised vehicles. Nevert…
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