Youth participation in development planning: case study of Sayausí (Rural Parish) Cuenca-Ecuador

Young people now represent the highest percentage of the world population. Soon, they will be seniors and they will take decisions for a more orderly and equitable world. For this reason, the participation of young people in development planning is very important and many countries are trying to promote it through various measures. This article analyzes the trajectory of youth participation in the Latin American region and specifically the profile of youth participation in Ecuador, country in which the Constitution recognizes the strategic role of youth in development. The case study of Sayausí rural parish in canton Cuenca is analyzed, through surveys, interviews and an Empowerment Evaluation workshop to young people and decentralized government. The results obtained allow to propose strategies to help improve the participation of youth in the community.

How can an invasive grass affect fire behavior in a tropical savanna? A community and individual plant level approach

Some invasive grasses have been reported to change fire behavior in invaded plant communities. Urochloa brizantha is an aggressive invasive grass in the Brazilian Cerrado, an ecosystem where fire is a common disturbance. We investigated the effects of U. brizantha on fire behavior in an open Cerrado physiognomy in Central Brazil. Using experimental burnings we compared fire behavior at both the community and the individual plant level in invaded (UJ) and non-invaded (NJ) areas burned in July. We also assessed the effect of fire season in invaded areas by comparing July (UJ) and October (UO) burnings. We evaluated the following variables: fuel load, fuel moisture, combustion efficiency, maximum fire temperature, flame height, and fire intensity. Additionally, we evaluated the temperatures reached under invasive and native grass tussocks in both seasons. Fuel load, combustion efficiency, and fire intensity were higher in NJ than in UJ, whilst flame height showed the opposite trend. Fuel amount and fire intensity were higher in October than in July. At the individual plant level, U. brizantha moisture was higher than that of native species, however, temperatures reaching ≥600 °C at ground level were more frequent under U. brizantha tussocks than under native grasses. At the community level, the invasive grass modified fire behavior towards lower intensity, lower burning efficiency, and higher flame height. These results provide essential information for the planning of prescribed burnings in invaded Cerrado areas.

Selected bibliographic references on methodologies for community health status assessment /

Includes index.

Source separation : the community awareness program in Somerville and Marblehead, Massachusetts /

Mode of access: Internet.

Planning local solar projects.

"Prepared by Design Alternatives, Inc., Washington, DC, for the Community Services Administration under contract no. B9AF-009."

Innovations in public involvement for transportation planning.

Transportation Department, Washington, D.C.

The community prevention coalitions demonstration grant program.

"Catalog of federal domestic assistance no. 93.194."

Local community fact book, 1938 ....

Mode of access: Internet.

Urban development action grants and housing : hearing before the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Development of the Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs, House of Representatives, Ninety-eighth Congress, second session, July 9, 1984 (Birmingham, AL).

Mode of access: Internet.

Symposium Community Development and Passenger Transportation /

Mode of access: Internet.

Extension of the Appalachian Regional Commission and the title V regional commissions [microform] : hearings before the Subcommittee on Regional and Community Development of the Committee on Environment and Public Works, United States Senate, Ninety-sixth Congress, first session, on S. 834 ... S. 835 ....

Reuse of record except for individual research requires license from Congressional Information Service, Inc.

Community development. Series A: training material.

Pamphlets adapted by J. Ogden from materials prepared by community development officers in the Philippines and Pakistan.

The community builders handbook.

Mode of access: Internet.

1990 census housing units and population by race and Spanish origin for northeastern Illinois municipalities, counties, townships, and Chicago community areas, with selected 1980 statistics.

Chiefly tables.

A Practical guide on zoning : overcoming barriers to community homes /

Produced under a grant from the Illinois Governor's Planning Council on Developmental Disabilities.