Análisis de la relación entre los componentes: urbano y económico del proyecto 22@Barcelona

Generalmente las intervenciones urbanas son sectoriales y carecen de un enfoque transversal, lo que dificulta el ejercicio de la planificación y la gestión, y afecta negativamente la construcción de una visión de ciudad de largo plazo. Es por ello que esta monografía busca establecer la importancia de diseñar y ejecutar intervenciones urbanas estratégicas, por medio del análisis de un proyecto. El proyecto 22@Barcelona es un ejemplo de una intervención urbana estratégica porque logra, entre otras cosas, dar respuesta a distintas necesidades y problemáticas a través de una propuesta: urbana, económica y social. En esta ocasión se analizará la relación entre los componentes: económico y urbano del proyecto, a la luz de los postulados de la Planeación Estratégica Urbana; lo que permitirá concluir que éste no es ni un proyecto urbano, ni económico, sino ambas cosas, y es precisamente esto lo que lo hace loable.

How can strategic philanthropy contribute to innovation for companies

This investigation proposes to explore the existing link between a strategic conception of philanthropy and innovation. Indeed, the nature of the research question relies on an unexplored field in the CSR and Innovation management academic literature. It starts with the interest to know which the benefits are for a firm encouraged to invest strategically in philanthropy. In this regard, the analysis contributes in fitting this gap by following different objectives in an exploratory perspective. Throughout the research it will be analyzed the concept and the current and past contributions on the different branches of innovation (product innovation, managerial innovation, technological innovation), to accentuate the relation between an accurate strategic approach to philanthropy and the impact on the organizational value. Indeed, analyzing philanthropic innovation may provide insights about business opportunities and notions related to social investments and profit. That aspect includes the link between those strategic decisions that a firm can use to maximize those investments as it was part of their core business. It also proves the existing link between CSR and innovation, and the possibilities that the enterprises have towards this subject.

Análisis del desarrollo y evolución del objetivo e implementación de las operaciones estrátegicas planteadas en los planes de ordenamiento territorial de Bogotá desde el 2000 al 2013: caso de estudio operación estratégica centro

La planificación urbana en la consolidación de las ciudades ha venido adquiriendo una gran importancia para el desarrollo urbano, a través de instrumentos de gestión urbana. Dentro de esta investigación se analiza las operaciones estratégicas como un instrumento de gestión que ha tenido cambios en su objetivo, alcance e implementación para poder transformar y mejorar a través de intervenciones urbanas los temas físicos, económicos, sociales y culturales dentro de los territorios. A partir de lo anterior, se identificaron cinco elementos que han limitado la implementación de las operaciones estratégicas que son, una visión a largo plazo, la falta de una gerencia especifica, voluntad política, continuidad y la coordinación y comunicación interinstitucional.

Impacto de la prestación de servicios de salud bajo el modelo de red en el municipio de Sogamoso

El presente estudio es de tipo analítico, cohorte retrospectiva, tiene como objeto estudiar un modelo de prestación de servicios de salud bajo el concepto de red integrada, conformada por las clínicas privadas de segundo y tercer nivel de complejidad del municipio de Sogamoso (Boyacá). Se analizó el período comprendido entre los años 2012 a 2014, donde se puede evidenciar la implementación y puesta en marcha del modelo. En el mes de agosto del año 2012, la estrategia de asociatividad la adelantaron las tres instituciones de manera libre y autónoma, utilizando como guía la metodología propuesta por la Cepal en el año 2010; las diferencias entre esta metodología y el modelo utilizado se deben a las particularidades de las clínicas y del contexto en el que se desarrolló. Este modelo de atención surgió de la necesidad de prestar los servicios de salud ofertados por las clínicas, acorde con su capacidad instalada, al total de la población de la Nueva EPS en Sogamoso, que en ese momento coyuntural no se estaba cumpliendo en el municipio, y ninguna de las instituciones tenía la infraestructura individual para atender a toda su población. El resultado de la asociación de las tres clínicas se logró gracias a un grado de confianza previo entre los directivos de las instituciones y posterior a varias reuniones, en las que se tomó la determinación de trabajar con el modelo de Unión Temporal, ya que no son una persona jurídica diferente a las que la conforman Se demuestra el impacto de este modelo asociativo de cada una de las organizaciones que la componen evaluando cuatro ámbitos como la capacidad de aprendizaje, capacidad de gestión estratégica, economía de escala y poder de negociación y externalidades. Para la recolección de la información se utilizaron las bases de datos de las instituciones hospitalarias con la información de los indicadores de oportunidad, así como el incremento de la facturación y del recaudo antes y después de la formación de la Unión Temporal; adicionalmente se realizaron encuestas a los directores de las clínicas como fuente de información para desarrollo de nuevos productos, reducción de costos, ampliación de la oferta hospitalaria, establecimientos de alianza, puesta en marcha de servicios comunes y apertura de nuevos mercados. Sumado a lo anterior, se realizó una encuesta adicional a los usuarios del nuevo producto desarrollado. Como resultado de este estudio se encuentra beneficio en todos los ámbitos evaluados para las instituciones que interactúan bajo este modelo y se espera que obtengan los mismos beneficios que los demás actores participantes en él, como las EAPB, los cuales no hacen parte del presente estudio. En Colombia no se observa la existencia de un modelo similar en sistema de salud, a pesar del leve intento de la Ley 1438 del 2011 por iniciar la conformación de redes; por esta razón se puede decir que este estudio marca un derrotero para que las organizaciones de salud tengan un modelo de articulación ante la falta de desarrollos de esquemas de red y por tratarse de un modelo con ausencia de reglamentación.

Informality in the City: a Theoretical Analysis

This thesis theoretically studies the relationship between the informal sector (both in the labor and the housing market) and the city structure.

"Ever-growing Amman", Jordan: Urban expansion, social polarisation and contemporary urban planning issues

Amman the primate capital city of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan currently has a population in excess of 2 million, but in 1924 it consisted of little more than a collection of dwellings and some 2000-3000 inhabitants. The present paper sets out to document and explain the phenomenal expansion of "ever-growing Amman". The physical geography of the urban region and the early growth of the city are considered at the outset and this leads directly to consideration of the highly polarised social structuring that characterises contemporary Amman. In doing this, original data derived from the recent Greater Amman Municipality's Geographical Information System are presented. In this respect, the essential modernity of the city is exemplified. The employment and industrial bases of the city and a range of pressing contemporary issues are then considered, including transport and congestion, the provision of urban water under conditions of water stress and privatisation, and urban and regional development planning for the city. The paper concludes by emphasizing the growing regional and international geopolitical salience of the city of Amman at the start of the 21st century. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Asymmetric adjustment in the City of London office market

Earlier estimates of the City of London office market are extended by considering a longer time series of data, covering two cycles, and by explicitly modeling of asymmetric space market responses to employment and supply shocks. A long run structural model linking real rental levels, office-based employment and the supply of office space is estimated and then rental adjustment processes are modeled using an error correction model framework. Rental adjustment is seen to be asymmetric, depending both on the direction of the supply and demand shocks and on the state of the space market at the time of the shock. Vacancy adjustment does not display asymmetries. There is also a supply adjustment equation. Two three-equation systems, one with symmetric rental adjustment and the other with asymmetric adjustment, are subjected to positive and negative shocks to employment. These illustrate differences in the two systems.

Post War land reform and the impact on planning in Japan

One feature of Japanese urban areas in the 21st century that is bound to strike any Western visitor is the extensive spread of its suburbs with their varied mixing of land-uses. It is almost impossible to pinpoint precisely where the city begins and where it ends. During the post-War period, this characteristic pattern of land-use sprawled over the countryside, seemingly unimpeded by planning restrictions. The number of studies that highlight the problems of Japanese planning outweighs the research that explores its underlying causes. This paper aims to partly redress this imbalance by describing a case study of the failed implementation of the green belt around Tokyo and to link this with the Allied Occupation’s postwar land reforms and drafting of a new constitution in the period 1946-1951. Overall, we aim to highlight how the ostensible benefits and aims of a land reform programme can entail substantial disbenefits or unforeseen outcomes in terms of land-use planning..

Developing children and young people’s participation in strategic processes: the experience of the Children’s Fund Initiative

The extent of children’s and young people’s participation activities has increased considerably among statutory, voluntary and community sector organisations across the UK in recent years. The Children’s Fund, a major government initiative launched in 2000, represents a systematic drive towards promoting children and young people’s participation in planning, implementing and evaluating preventative services within all 149 local authority areas in England. Based on research carried out by the National Evaluation of the Children’s Fund, this paper explores the experience of Children’s Fund partnerships of engaging children and young people in strategic processes.

Long run relationships between City office rents and the economy in the UK: creating a database for research

This paper sets out progress during the first eighteen months of doctoral research into the City of London office market. The overall aim of the research is to explore relationships between office rents and the economy in the UK over the last 150 years. To do this, a database of lettings has been created from which a long run index of City office rents can be constructed. With this index, it should then be possible to analyse trends in rents and relationships with their long run determinants. The focus of this paper is on the creation of the rent database. First, it considers the existing secondary sources of long run rental data for the UK. This highlights a lack of information for years prior to 1970 and the need for primary data collection if earlier periods are to be studied. The paper then discusses the selection of the City of London and of the time period chosen for research. After this, it describes how a dataset covering the period 1860-1960 has been assembled using the records of property companies active in the City office market. It is hoped that, if successful, this research will contribute to existing knowledge on the long run characteristics of commercial real estate. In particular, it should add a price dimension (rents) to the existing long run information on stock/supply and investment. Hence, it should enable a more complete picture of the development and performance of commercial real estate through time to be gained.

The story of Temple Bar: creating Dublin's cultural quarter

The paper conceptualises and explores the links between cities, commerce, urbanism and cultural planning by drawing on Temple Bar in Dublin as an example of how, by linking these concepts to practice in real concrete situations urban life or urban culture can be created and/or revitalised. Temple Bar is Dublin's emerging cultural quarter, an experiment in urban revitalisation which is deliberately focused on culture and urbanism as ways of rediscovering the good city. It has attracted considerable interest from across Europe, and has secured EC funding to kick-start the process of renewal. The author was appointed by the Irish Government to prepare the area management and development strategy for Temple Bar in 1990. Wary of the dangers of property led regeneration, of the destructive impacts of sudden or cataclysmic change, the agencies in Temple Bar have deliberately adopted a strategic management approach to the area. This is referred to as 'urban stewardship', a process of looking after and respecting a place, and helping it to help itself. The paper explores whether there is a 'culture of cities' and whether it is possible to recreate an urban culture. Following Raymond Williams, an anthropological definition of culture is employed, "... a particular way of life, which expresses certain meaning and values not only in art and learning but also in institutional and ordinary behaviour". Rather than being simply an add-on to the serious concerns of economic development and the built environment, culture has both helped shape, and continues to develop in, the streets, spaces and buildings of the city.