Strategies for Sustainable Development in Megacities and Urban Agglomerations
A Helmholtz Research Initiative 2007 - 2011
PhD theses in Chile and Germany
Sustainable Development
Jacques Clerc
Institution: Universidad de Chile
Title: "Applied General Equilibrium and Sustainability Indicators for Santiago"
Sustainable Development
Marko Quiroga
Institution: Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
Title: "Comparative sustainability in regional megacities (the cases of Bogota, Mexico City and Santiago): towards the construction of a system of third generation indicators"
Sustainable Development
Alejandra Salas
Institution: Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
Title: "Targets and Indicators for Sustainable Development in the Santiago Metropolitan Region: a critical institutional perspective"
Risk
Gabriela Azócar de la Cruz
Institution: Universidad Alberto Hurtado
Title: "Coordination as a mechanism of risk observation"
Governance
Gustavo A. Durán Saavedra
Institution: Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
Title: "Power morphology in the capitalist city. Urban poverty, governance and water market in Santiago de Chile"
Governance
Carolin Höhnke
Institut.: Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Title: "Public transport governance in the light of decentralization – the cases of Santiago de Chile and Bogotá" (finished)
Governance
Michael Lukas
Institut.: Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Title: "Political Participation in the context of periurban megaprojects in Santiago de Chile" (finished)
Land - use management
Annemarie Ebert
Institut.: Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Title: "The influence of land use and land cover changes on the flood risk in Santiago de Chile" (finished)
Land - use management
Marco Pilz
Institution: GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences
Title: "Site effect characterization by means of seismic noise and earthquake analysis in large urban areas of Santiago de Chile" (finished)
Land - use management
Vanessa Ruguiero
Institution: Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Title: "Urban growth and its effects in the increase or decrease of natural risks in the Andean piedmont of the metropolitan region of Santiago de Chile"
Land - use management
Adriana Perez
Institution: Universidad de Chile
Title: "Seismic Hazard in the Central Chilean Region"
Socio-Spatial Differentiation
Alejandra Rasse
Institution: Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Title: "Spatial proximity and social integration. The dimensions of social integration and its application to the urban space"
(finished)
Socio-Spatial Differentiation
Juliane Welz
Institut.: Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Title: "Ambivalent segregation patterns considering spatial and temporal dimensions of social integration – the case of Santiago de Chile"
(finished)
Energy system
Gonzalo Paredes Martinez
Institution: Universidad de Chile
Title: "Modelling energy systems in Megacities with a focus on sustainable development"
Transportation
Andreas Justen
Institution: German Aerospace Center
Title: "Model based Evaluation of transport policies in Megacities – the case Santiago de Chile"
(finished)
Transportation
Héctor Andrés López Ospina
Institution: Universidad de Chile
Title: "A model of the urban dynamic system: predicting the emerging urban sustainability from agents behavior and system constraints using a multi-scales approach"
Transportation
José Muñoz
Institution: Universidad de Chile
Title: "Multiscale traffic model"
Water resources and services
Cristián Hernán Godoy Barbieri
Institution: Universidad de Chile
Title: "Simulation model for riverine systems: local morphologic changes and water management (Tentative)"
Water resources and services
Gerhard Schleenstein
Institution: Ingeniería Alemana S.A.
Title: "Alternatives for a sustainable management of stormwater in megacities of emerging countries – the case of Santiago de Chile"
Waste management
Tahnee González Martínez
Institution: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Title: "Analysis of different municipal waste management concepts for the Megacity Santiago de Chile and their impacts on the informal sector" (finished)