Boundaries in Miniature: Two Examples from Soil

Lead exposure from soil in Peruvian mining towns: a national assessment supported by two contrasting examples.

OBJECTIVE To estimate the population of Peru living in the vicinity of active or former mining operations that could be exposed to lead from contaminated soil. METHODS Geographic coordinates were compiled for 113 active mines, 138 ore processing plants and 3 smelters, as well as 7743 former mining sites. The population living within 5 km of these sites was calculated from census data for 2000...

Two Approximations to Learning from Examples

Deinstitutionalization in Europe: two recent examples from Germany and Hungary.

Deinstitutionalization has made possible the development of modern community psychiatric services, however radical decrease in the number of hospital beds may result in a reduction in the overall standard of psychiatric care and disruptions in service delivery. The authors present an example of deinstitutionalisation in Hungary, which led to serious difficulties in the provision of healthcare i...

Using Watershed Boundaries to Map Adverse Health Outcomes: Examples From Nebraska, USA

In 2009, a paper was published suggesting that watersheds provide a geospatial platform for establishing linkages between aquatic contaminants, the health of the environment, and human health. This article is a follow-up to that original article. From an environmental perspective, watersheds segregate landscapes into geospatial units that may be relevant to human health outcomes. From an epidem...

ADDING VALUE TO URBAN SPACES Two Examples from Lisbon

! rough a comparative analysis of two urban spaces located in the city of Lisbon, Portugal, I intend to demonstrate how some values can be added to space in order to a( ract certain residents, investors or interests, and how these urban spaces make use of these values to di+ erentiate and promote themselves in various ways. In considering the gentri" cation process in the city centre and the co...