Sociodemographic vulnerability in the Caribbean: an examination of the social and demographic impediments to equitable development with participatory citizenship in the Caribbean at the dawn of the twenty-first century

Includes bibliography

Relationship between social and economic institutions: a theoretical model applicable to Latin America

Includes bibliography

Old and new forms of citizenship

Includes bibliography

Social and economic problems in Cuba during the crisis and subsequent recovery

Includes bibliography

Poverty reduction in Latin America: the role of demographic, social and economic factors

Includes bibliography

Towards a social and polítical dimension of regional planning

Includes bibliography

Dependent societies and crisis in Latin America: the challenges of social and political transformation

Includes bibliography

The preparation of natural and cultural heritage inventories and accounts

Includes bibliography

Planning for a fresh social and economic dynamic

Includes bibliography

Population, ageing and development

Includes bibliography

Investing better in order to invest more. Finance and management of education in Latin America and the Caribbean

Includes bibliography

Social and environmental indexes to determine the impacts of closed neighbourhoods in Brazil

São Paulo State, in Brazil, is getting increasingly crowded, like in other third world countries around the world, so should give great importance to city development. This work considered the phenomenon of closed neighbourhoods (CN) as an important factor to city planning, papers report many impacts of this model of neighbourhoods in other countries, but in Brazil its impacts are not yet well listed in the literature. The aim of this work was to determine indicators to achieve the social and environmental performances and verify their applicability on three different closed neighbourhoods in São Paulo state, Brazil. The indicators were condensed on indexes: water management, waste management, energy and emissions, legal compliance, environment and buildings, risk management, health and education and governance. The preliminary results indicated several social and environmental problems in all indexes. © 2013 WIT Press.