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Urban layout, landscape features and pedestrian usage
2007
ACL; International audience; The analysis of the factors which condition walking in the urban environment is an important issue in urban planning. The present work is based on the hypothesis that the landscape, in its entirety, plays a role in encouraging pedestrian movements. The frequency of pedestrian traffic in the streets is analyzed as a function of accessibility and landscape preferences with the help of a conceptual framework. By defining accessibility as the measurement of the integration of the space syntax, preferences are researched using multiple stepwise regression of visual variables. This method has been applied to an area in the city of Lille (France) where the pedestrian f…
Restauro e Comunicazione
2022
This study, which takes place in Palermo and is sponsored by the Interreg Italia-Malta programme, reflects on topics that are linked to both physical and cultural accessibility for the historical city, along with the importance of designing spaces of connection. One of this project’s main goals is to elaborate architectural and technolog-ical solutions in the field of accessibility as we contemporarily mean it. This goal can be achieved by linking the stories of the inhabitants to the ones of the monuments and the urban aggregation spaces such as squares and churchyards. Building a shared background between the architectonical restoration work group and the industrial design one has been fu…
Progetto di restauro, per la fruizione e la valorizzazione della chiesa di San Giorgio dei Genovesi
2021
Il saggio presenta l’iter metodologico utilizzato per l’analisi dello stato di conservazione e delle problematiche di accessibilità presenti nella chiesa di San Giorgio dei Genovesi di Palermo, edificata nel sec. XVI, per giungere ad una proposta di restauro e di accessibilità alla stessa. La ricerca è stata condotta all’interno del Laboratorio di restauro e Teoria e storia del restauro e ha visto protagonisti le allievi e gli allievi del corso LM4 in Architettura del Dipartimento di Palermo. La soluzione suggerita privilegia l’uso di materiali lapidei della tradizione storica di Palermo, che si pone come soluzione stabile, non provvisoria, con uso di materiali di pregio, che si confrontano…
Realizing women´s right to maternal health: A study of awareness of rights and utilization of maternal health services among reproductive age women i…
2019
BackgroundMaternal mortality rates are still unacceptably high in many countries, indicating violation of women´s human right to life and health. Access to adequate information about maternal health rights and available services are essential aspects of realizing women´s right to accessible health care. This study aimed at assessing awareness of the right to access maternal health services among women who had recently given birth, and the association between such awareness and the utilization of maternal health services in two districts in Tanzania.MethodsThis study was cross sectional in design. Interviews were conducted with women who gave birth within one year prior to the survey in two …
Mental Disease, Existence of Diagnostic, Use of Psychotropic Medication: Differences by Autonomous Communities under the National Health Survey 2006
2010
Fundamentos: En España no existe ningún estudio en el que se hayan tomado muestras representativas por Comunidades Autónomas (CCAA) para estudiar la morbilidad psíquica. Los objetivos de este trabajo son describir su prevalencia, la presencia de diagnóstico, el consumo de psicofármacos, el apoyo social y la salud autopercibida y la relación entre la morbilidad psíquica y el resto de variables, tanto a nivel nacional como de CCAA. Método: Estudio transversal. Fuente de información: Encuesta Nacional de Salud 2006, muestra 29.478 personas. Variables estudiadas: sociodemográficas, morbilidad psíquica (GHQ-12), estado de salud autopercibido, diagnóstico de trastorno mental, apoyo social funcion…
Atlas of Variations in Medical Practice in Spain: The Spanish National Health Service under scrutiny
2012
Early in the 2000s, a countrywide health services research initiative was launched under the acronym of Atlas VPM: Atlas of Variations in Medical Practice in the Spanish National Health System. This initiative aimed at describing systematic and unwarranted variations in medical practice at geographic level-building upon the seminal experience of the Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care. The paper aims at explaining the Spanish Atlas experience, built upon the pioneer Dartmouth inspiration. A few selected examples will be used along the following sections to illustrate the outlined conceptual framework, the different factors that may affect variation, and some methodological challenges.
MODELLING THE ACCESSIBILITY TO PUBLIC LOCAL TRANSPORT FOR INCREASING THE EFFICIENCY AND THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE SERVICE. THE CASE STUDY OF ROCCELLA …
2013
This paper suggests a methodology to assess, through quantitative indicators, the public transport based accessibility inside an urban area. Such indicators derive from two functions, one called “activity function”, allowing for the presence of generators and attractors of mobility and another termed the “impedance function”, measuring the generalized cost of public transport journeys. The proposed method was tested and applied to a zone on the outskirts of Palermo (capital of the Sicilian Region), to evaluate the effects of a new tram line, which is under construction and will be activated by the end of 2012. The study shows that such a line is not sufficient to enhance significantly the a…
Pedestrian access to a network of public transport
2011
The location of the bus stops is very important in urban and suburban contexts. The same importance of safety perception and comfort during transport operations is attributed to accessibility to bus stops. The placement of bus stops is a crucial factor to increase safety of passengers and pedestrians as well as the efficacy and efficiency of local public transport operations. To correctly localize these infrastructures, designers use physical parameters, such as maximum walking distance and travel time. While critical factors related to the quality of pedestrian access to the bus stop, to the real walked distance or to land use of bus stop areas are not taken in to account. The purpose of t…
Il sistema dei trasporti per lo sviluppo del turismo in Sicilia
2011
Il sistema dei trasporti può svolgere un ruolo strategico per lo sviluppo del turismo in quelle aree che possiedono un elevato livello di attrattività turistica, ma una scarsa accessibilità. Lo scopo di questo studio è quello di formulare strategie e interventi di natura infrastrutturale e organizzativa per innalzare l’accessibilità di zone dotate di una spiccata attrattività turistica. Questo studio è stato sviluppato riguardo al territorio siciliano, caratterizzato da un prezioso patrimonio culturale e naturalistico. Tra gli interventi si è studiata l’ipotesi di proporre servizi elicotteristici di linea tra alcune località turistiche di particolare pregio come le isole minori. Il costo el…
Accessibility on the web: planning and conformance
2021
In order to give everyone the chance to access, enjoy, create and share content on the web, it is necessary to design “interoperable” interaction systems, i.e., always reliable both in different contexts of use and in the presence of different input modes. For this purpose, UX/UI designers need to acquire specific skills in the field of web standards and in writing HTML, CSS, and Javascript languages, which are fundamental for the design of accessible web components.