Retrospective on the evaluation of Healthy Cities, the consequence of a Healthy Home

Authors

  • Francisco Ballesteros Guzmán Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala

Keywords:

healthy city, academic experience of urban evaluation, development plan, urban mobility

Abstract

The concept of Healthy City was an initiative of municipal order, -protagonized by 100 mayors from around the world-, based on the concept of create and live in a Healthy City; it is sought that the urban space belongs to those who inhabit it and live in it, by means of fulfilling a series of principles that are included in municipal urban planning. The Program of Supervised Professional Exercise -EPS-, Faculty of Architecture -FARUSAC-, of the University of San Carlos of Guatemala -USAC-; During the second semester of 2017, it carried out an urban evaluation exercise applying the Healthy City indicators in the 63 communities that covered the program throughout the republic. They are presented below: Objectives, methodology and results from one of the 63 communities atended at the research, which was selected at random. Some considerations and conclusions are made to the theme.

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Author Biography

Francisco Ballesteros Guzmán, Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala

José Francisco Ballesteros Guzmán; Arquitecto graduado en 1990, Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala .USAC-. Maestrías en: Docencia superior universitaria, 1996; Investigación, 2001; Evaluación, 2007; Educación para el Desarrollo, 2008 y Currículo, 2009; todas cursadas en la Facultad de Humanidades, USAC. Profesor titular desde 1990. Ha impartido cursos curriculares como: Geometría, Geometría Proyectual, Diseño arquitectónico 2, 3, 8 y 9; Materiales de Construcción, Costos, Investigación 1 y 2,  y en el Ejercicio Profesional Supervisado -EPS-, Facultad de Arquitectura -FARUSAC-. Presentando su trabajo de tesis en: Doctorado en Educación de la Universidad Panamericana de Guatemala, 2012 y en el Doctorado en Arquitectura en la Línea de Diseño Arquitectónico de FARUSAC, 2018.

Published

2019-11-30

How to Cite

Ballesteros Guzmán, Francisco. “Retrospective on the Evaluation of Healthy Cities, the Consequence of a Healthy Home”. Avance 15, no. 2 (November 30, 2019): 56–71. Accessed October 31, 2024. https://ojs.farusac.edu.gt/index.php/avance/article/view/83.

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Section

Informes técnicos