Alfredo Rodríguez
Biographic Data
| ID | 3637312 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alfredo Rodríguez |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alfredo |
| FAMILY NAME | Rodríguez |
| SIGNATURE | RODRIGUEZ A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Castilla-La Mancha |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7987-1623 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 22 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 22 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1986 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
A veinte años de ‘Los con techo’
A dos décadas de la publicación del libro Los con techo, sus autores Alfredo Rodríguez y Ana Sugranyes reflexionan sobre cómo se gestó esta emblemática publicación que estudio el modelo de vivienda social chileno implementado entre 1980 y 2002. En esta Conversación, discuten cómo este libro y su crítica impactó un modelo que, aunque exitoso en cifras, generó un enorme stock de viviendas inadecuadas. Los autores recuerdan el contexto político que …
Twenty years of ‘Los con techo’
Two decades after the publication of the book Los con techo (Those with a roof), its authors Alfredo Rodríguez and Ana Sugranyes reflect on how this emblematic study of Chile’s social housing model implemented between 1980 and 2002 was conceived, and how the publication of the book impacted a model that, though successful in numbers, generated an enormous stock of inadequate housing. In this Conversation, the authors recall the political context …
Valuing damages and benefits of the altered global nitrogen cycle; lessons for national to global policy support
Cost-benefit analysis (CBA) is increasingly used to inform environmental policy decisions by identifying interventions with the highest net societal benefits. Here we focus on CBAs for nitrogen (NCBA), explaining its history, presenting results of a recent first global NCBA and discussing opportunities and limitations. NCBAs have been conducted since the late 1990s for various geographic regions in Europe, the US, and China, primarily to support …
Relatos de vida en un asentamiento informal en El Boro, Alto Hospicio, Chile
Since its establishment as a municipality in 2004, the population of Alto Hospicio has tripled. This growth is primarily driven by young individuals engaged in low-paid, informal workers, as well as immigrants in both regular and irregular situations. The number of homes has also doubled, and many informal settlements are concentrated, with one of the largest numbers of families in the country. This article aims to document the changes that have …
Fertilization strategies for abating N pollution at the scale of a highly vulnerable and diverse semi-arid agricultural region (Murcia, Spain)
Overuse of N fertilizers in crops has induced the disruption of the N cycle, triggering the release of reactive N (Nr) to the environment. Several EU policies have been developed to address this challenge, establishing targets to reduce agricultural Nr losses. Their achievement could be materialized through the introduction of fertilizing innovations such as incorporating fertilizer into soils, using urease inhibitors, or by adjusting N inputs to…
Communication about sensors and communication through sensors
Internet of Things (IoT) sensor networks are an emerging technology at the center of the datafication and optimization of far-reaching environmental infrastructures—from “smart cities” to workplace efficiencies. However, this low-power, low-cost technology is also well suited to local deployments in rural communities, which are often overlooked by digital development initiatives. Therefore, we used a social construction of technology approach to …
Evidence for increasing global wheat yield potential
Wheat is the most widely grown food crop, with 761 Mt produced globally in 2020. To meet the expected grain demand by mid-century, wheat breeding strategies must continue to improve upon yield-advancing physiological traits, regardless of climate change impacts. Here, the best performing doubled haploid (DH) crosses with an increased canopy photosynthesis from wheat field experiments in the literature were extrapolated to the global scale with a …
Long-term trajectories of the C footprint of N fertilization in Mediterranean agriculture (Spain, 1860–2018)
Synthetic nitrogen (N) fertilization has helped boost agricultural yields, but it is also responsible for direct and indirect greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Fertilizer-related emissions are also promoted by irrigation and manure application, which has increased with livestock industrialization. Spanish agriculture provides a paradigmatic example of high industrialization under two different climates (temperate and Mediterranean) and two contrast…
Methodology to assess the changing risk of yield failure due to heat and drought stress under climate change
While the understanding of average impacts of climate change on crop yields is improving, few assessments have quantified expected impacts on yield distributions and the risk of yield failures. Here we present the relative distribution as a method to assess how the risk of yield failure due to heat and drought stress (measured in terms of return period between yields falling 15% below previous five year Olympic average yield) responds to changes …
La nueva agenda urbana
This article seeks to present a critique of the New Urban Agenda. It begins referring personal notes about the three United Nations Conferences on Human Settlements between 1976 and 2016: from Habitat I (Vancouver), Habitat II (Istanbul) to Habitat III (Quito); and it explains how this new agenda was prepared between 2014 to 2016. The critical review expresses disappointment because of the wishful thinking based neither on the present nor the pas…
Interculturalidad en Salud
pueblos indgenas construyen propuestas interculturales propias
Visiones externas sobre el Invi
Visiones externas sobre el INVI
Visible and invisible violence and inequality in neoliberal Santiago
This article argues that existing inequalities of all kinds in the city of Santiago de Chile are symptoms of the gap between those who are favoured by the distribution of benefits and those who are at the margins of this process. We propose that these groups are differentiated not only by the socioeconomic sector to which they belong but also by the part of the city in which they live. People’s exclusion is also affected by gender. The point of v…
Vivienda privada de ciudad
During a period of some 26 years (1980 to 2006), more than five hundred thousand social housing units were built in Chile. This mass production effectively reduced the accumulated housing deficit and was the result of a housing finance mechanism – a state subsidy awarded directly to construction companies –, a model which has been widely replicated in other countries in Latin America. This article responds to the question of how a successful poli…
Designing and Using Software Tools for Educational Purposes
Educational software tools are considered to enrich teaching strategies, providing a more compelling means of exploration and feedback than traditional blackboard methods. Moreover, software simulators provide a more motivating link between theory and practice than pencil-paper methods, encouraging active and discovery learning in the students. The use and development of educational software is a field that has grasped the attention of teachers a…
Vivienda social y violencia intrafamiliar
El artículo hace presente que la producción de viviendas de la actual política de Estado ha permanecido con un bajo perfil de innovación, llegando a una situación que amerita con urgencia un mejoramiento radical. Ello ocurre por la permanencia de formas de licitación de construcciones, postulaciones, asignaciones, etc., donde las características de los agentes participantes permanecen estratificadas, dando la sensación de que todo marcha bien y e…
El problema de vivienda de los "con techo"
La política de vivienda social en Chile es considerada un éxito. En los últimos quince años la producción masiva de viviendas ha logrado reducir el déficit habitacional, y muchos gobiernos de América Latina están imitando su modelo de financiamiento. Sin embargo, esta política exitosa ha terminado creando nuevos problemas urbanos y sociales: segregación, fragmentación, inseguridad, hacinamiento. En consecuencia, se plantea que una política de viv…
Santiago de Chile
El siguiente artículo describe cómo la pobreza y la exclusión dentro de Santiago ha sido pasada por alto en parte debido al fuerte desempeño económico y al positivo conjunto de indicadores sociales que la ciudad exhibe. Enfatiza cuán segregada se ha vuelto la ciudad, subrayando la fragmentación política y las grandes diferencias entre las 34 municipalidades que conforman el Gran Santiago en lo que se refiere a ingreso per cápita, calidad de la ed…
Santiago de Chile
The paper describes how poverty and exclusion within Santiago has been overlooked, in part, because of the city’s strong economic performance and impressive aggregate social indicators. It highlights how segregrated the city has become - for instance the political fragmentation and the large differentials between the 34 municipalities that make up Greater Santiago in terms of their per capita income, quality of education, extent of new building i…
Santiago de Chile
The paper describes how poverty and exclusion within Santiago has been overlooked, in part, because of the city’s strong economic performance and impressive aggregate social indicators. It highlights how segregrated the city has become - for instance the political fragmentation and the large differentials between the 34 municipalities that make up Greater Santiago in terms of their per capita income, quality of education, extent of new building i…
Cities, democracy and governance in Latin America
Poder local, pobladores y democracia
Territorio y politica. Dos palabras aparentemente ajenas la una a la otra, aunque nacieran juntas. Salvo cuando la politica se transforma en guerra. pocos toman en cuenta los territorios. De acuerdo con el discurso oficial, el objetivo de la municipalizacion' ha sido pianteado como descentralizacion de las funciones administrativas v como acercamiento de la autoridad a los habitantes. El fortalecimiento de los cuerpos municipales que ha ocurrido …
Visible and invisible violence and inequality in neoliberal Santiago
This article argues that existing inequalities of all kinds in the city of Santiago de Chile are symptoms of the gap between those who are favoured by the distribution of benefits and those who are at the margins of this process. We propose that these groups are differentiated not only by the socioeconomic sector to which they belong but also by the part of the city in which they live. People’s exclusion is also affected by gender. The point of v…
Relatos de vida en un asentamiento informal en El Boro, Alto Hospicio, Chile
Since its establishment as a municipality in 2004, the population of Alto Hospicio has tripled. This growth is primarily driven by young individuals engaged in low-paid, informal workers, as well as immigrants in both regular and irregular situations. The number of homes has also doubled, and many informal settlements are concentrated, with one of the largest numbers of families in the country. This article aims to document the changes that have …
Interculturalidad en Salud
pueblos indgenas construyen propuestas interculturales propias
Cities, democracy and governance in Latin America
Poder local, pobladores y democracia
Territorio y politica. Dos palabras aparentemente ajenas la una a la otra, aunque nacieran juntas. Salvo cuando la politica se transforma en guerra. pocos toman en cuenta los territorios. De acuerdo con el discurso oficial, el objetivo de la municipalizacion' ha sido pianteado como descentralizacion de las funciones administrativas v como acercamiento de la autoridad a los habitantes. El fortalecimiento de los cuerpos municipales que ha ocurrido …
Poder local, pobladores y democracia
Territorio y politica. Dos palabras aparentemente ajenas la una a la otra, aunque nacieran juntas. Salvo cuando la politica se transforma en guerra. pocos toman en cuenta los territorios. De acuerdo con el discurso oficial, el objetivo de la municipalizacion' ha sido pianteado como descentralizacion de las funciones administrativas v como acercamiento de la autoridad a los habitantes. El fortalecimiento de los cuerpos municipales que ha ocurrido …
Cities, democracy and governance in Latin America
Santiago de Chile
The paper describes how poverty and exclusion within Santiago has been overlooked, in part, because of the city’s strong economic performance and impressive aggregate social indicators. It highlights how segregrated the city has become - for instance the political fragmentation and the large differentials between the 34 municipalities that make up Greater Santiago in terms of their per capita income, quality of education, extent of new building i…
Santiago de Chile
The paper describes how poverty and exclusion within Santiago has been overlooked, in part, because of the city’s strong economic performance and impressive aggregate social indicators. It highlights how segregrated the city has become - for instance the political fragmentation and the large differentials between the 34 municipalities that make up Greater Santiago in terms of their per capita income, quality of education, extent of new building i…
Santiago de Chile
El siguiente artículo describe cómo la pobreza y la exclusión dentro de Santiago ha sido pasada por alto en parte debido al fuerte desempeño económico y al positivo conjunto de indicadores sociales que la ciudad exhibe. Enfatiza cuán segregada se ha vuelto la ciudad, subrayando la fragmentación política y las grandes diferencias entre las 34 municipalidades que conforman el Gran Santiago en lo que se refiere a ingreso per cápita, calidad de la ed…
El problema de vivienda de los "con techo"
La política de vivienda social en Chile es considerada un éxito. En los últimos quince años la producción masiva de viviendas ha logrado reducir el déficit habitacional, y muchos gobiernos de América Latina están imitando su modelo de financiamiento. Sin embargo, esta política exitosa ha terminado creando nuevos problemas urbanos y sociales: segregación, fragmentación, inseguridad, hacinamiento. En consecuencia, se plantea que una política de viv…
Vivienda social y violencia intrafamiliar
El artículo hace presente que la producción de viviendas de la actual política de Estado ha permanecido con un bajo perfil de innovación, llegando a una situación que amerita con urgencia un mejoramiento radical. Ello ocurre por la permanencia de formas de licitación de construcciones, postulaciones, asignaciones, etc., donde las características de los agentes participantes permanecen estratificadas, dando la sensación de que todo marcha bien y e…
Designing and Using Software Tools for Educational Purposes
Educational software tools are considered to enrich teaching strategies, providing a more compelling means of exploration and feedback than traditional blackboard methods. Moreover, software simulators provide a more motivating link between theory and practice than pencil-paper methods, encouraging active and discovery learning in the students. The use and development of educational software is a field that has grasped the attention of teachers a…
Vivienda privada de ciudad
During a period of some 26 years (1980 to 2006), more than five hundred thousand social housing units were built in Chile. This mass production effectively reduced the accumulated housing deficit and was the result of a housing finance mechanism – a state subsidy awarded directly to construction companies –, a model which has been widely replicated in other countries in Latin America. This article responds to the question of how a successful poli…
Visible and invisible violence and inequality in neoliberal Santiago
This article argues that existing inequalities of all kinds in the city of Santiago de Chile are symptoms of the gap between those who are favoured by the distribution of benefits and those who are at the margins of this process. We propose that these groups are differentiated not only by the socioeconomic sector to which they belong but also by the part of the city in which they live. People’s exclusion is also affected by gender. The point of v…
Visiones externas sobre el Invi
Visiones externas sobre el INVI
La nueva agenda urbana
This article seeks to present a critique of the New Urban Agenda. It begins referring personal notes about the three United Nations Conferences on Human Settlements between 1976 and 2016: from Habitat I (Vancouver), Habitat II (Istanbul) to Habitat III (Quito); and it explains how this new agenda was prepared between 2014 to 2016. The critical review expresses disappointment because of the wishful thinking based neither on the present nor the pas…
Interculturalidad en Salud
pueblos indgenas construyen propuestas interculturales propias
Long-term trajectories of the C footprint of N fertilization in Mediterranean agriculture (Spain, 1860–2018)
Synthetic nitrogen (N) fertilization has helped boost agricultural yields, but it is also responsible for direct and indirect greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Fertilizer-related emissions are also promoted by irrigation and manure application, which has increased with livestock industrialization. Spanish agriculture provides a paradigmatic example of high industrialization under two different climates (temperate and Mediterranean) and two contrast…
Methodology to assess the changing risk of yield failure due to heat and drought stress under climate change
While the understanding of average impacts of climate change on crop yields is improving, few assessments have quantified expected impacts on yield distributions and the risk of yield failures. Here we present the relative distribution as a method to assess how the risk of yield failure due to heat and drought stress (measured in terms of return period between yields falling 15% below previous five year Olympic average yield) responds to changes …
Evidence for increasing global wheat yield potential
Wheat is the most widely grown food crop, with 761 Mt produced globally in 2020. To meet the expected grain demand by mid-century, wheat breeding strategies must continue to improve upon yield-advancing physiological traits, regardless of climate change impacts. Here, the best performing doubled haploid (DH) crosses with an increased canopy photosynthesis from wheat field experiments in the literature were extrapolated to the global scale with a …
Fertilization strategies for abating N pollution at the scale of a highly vulnerable and diverse semi-arid agricultural region (Murcia, Spain)
Overuse of N fertilizers in crops has induced the disruption of the N cycle, triggering the release of reactive N (Nr) to the environment. Several EU policies have been developed to address this challenge, establishing targets to reduce agricultural Nr losses. Their achievement could be materialized through the introduction of fertilizing innovations such as incorporating fertilizer into soils, using urease inhibitors, or by adjusting N inputs to…
Communication about sensors and communication through sensors
Internet of Things (IoT) sensor networks are an emerging technology at the center of the datafication and optimization of far-reaching environmental infrastructures—from “smart cities” to workplace efficiencies. However, this low-power, low-cost technology is also well suited to local deployments in rural communities, which are often overlooked by digital development initiatives. Therefore, we used a social construction of technology approach to …
Relatos de vida en un asentamiento informal en El Boro, Alto Hospicio, Chile
Since its establishment as a municipality in 2004, the population of Alto Hospicio has tripled. This growth is primarily driven by young individuals engaged in low-paid, informal workers, as well as immigrants in both regular and irregular situations. The number of homes has also doubled, and many informal settlements are concentrated, with one of the largest numbers of families in the country. This article aims to document the changes that have …
A veinte años de ‘Los con techo’
A dos décadas de la publicación del libro Los con techo, sus autores Alfredo Rodríguez y Ana Sugranyes reflexionan sobre cómo se gestó esta emblemática publicación que estudio el modelo de vivienda social chileno implementado entre 1980 y 2002. En esta Conversación, discuten cómo este libro y su crítica impactó un modelo que, aunque exitoso en cifras, generó un enorme stock de viviendas inadecuadas. Los autores recuerdan el contexto político que …
Twenty years of ‘Los con techo’
Two decades after the publication of the book Los con techo (Those with a roof), its authors Alfredo Rodríguez and Ana Sugranyes reflect on how this emblematic study of Chile’s social housing model implemented between 1980 and 2002 was conceived, and how the publication of the book impacted a model that, though successful in numbers, generated an enormous stock of inadequate housing. In this Conversation, the authors recall the political context …
Valuing damages and benefits of the altered global nitrogen cycle; lessons for national to global policy support
Cost-benefit analysis (CBA) is increasingly used to inform environmental policy decisions by identifying interventions with the highest net societal benefits. Here we focus on CBAs for nitrogen (NCBA), explaining its history, presenting results of a recent first global NCBA and discussing opportunities and limitations. NCBAs have been conducted since the late 1990s for various geographic regions in Europe, the US, and China, primarily to support …
Political science (13 works) · Latin American Urban Studies (8 works) · Geography (7 works) · Biology (6 works) · Economics (6 works) · Humanities (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Art (5 works) · Environmental Science (5 works) · Politics (5 works)