Factores que influyen la innovación de las empresas en un sistema regional de innovación

Este producto forma parte de una serie de infografías de divulgación científica que buscan reseñar algunas de las investigaciones más importantes en las que ha tenido participación la Universidad EAFIT, publicadas en las revistas especializadas más prestigiosas del mund

Evaluation of the renovation process of the city centre façades

The renovation of commercial façades is one of the most visible measures taken within the framework of public policies in order to revitalize the city centres. The objective of these public policies is to revive and recover the image of the original centre. This paper focuses on the central perimeter of Bauru, a city located in the State of São Paulo, Brazil. The main action involved in this process was the renovation of the façades of the retail stores (Municipal Law 4951/02). This project involved approximately 240 establishments between the years of 2003 and 2005. In order to assess the result of this work, the state of a hundred of the renovated façades was analysed at three different stages degree of preservation was classified. It was shown that due to lack of maintenance on the part of the traders and lack of incentive on the part of the public policies, many of the façades that had been renovated as part of the initial program were degrading, counteracting the whole object of the work

Urban morphology and intensities of the walking distance city : A prospective research for Brussels

The present research analyses how the concept of density was, is or could be applied as a key factor in the urban regeneration of Brussels-Capital. This project has two main purposes: firstly to use the improvement of densities as a criterion in the (re)development of the compact city by analysing the concept of urban density and its relation to forms and urban typologies. Secondly, to quantify densities and their relationship to the intensity of urban life. The study is made within the context of the walking distance city. We understand this concept as a compact city that concentrates facilities and creates human scale public spaces, convenient for the different densities of population served by centres. The research aims to reduce urban sprawl by fostering growth inside areas whose density can be increased (considering the differences between the city centre, urbanization of the 19th century, urbanization of the 20th century, old village centres, and brownfields). It is concerned with the reconciliation of two conflicting intentions: on one hand the creation of accessible centres of different levels of density connected by public transport, but also the facility of access to green spaces and nature. This research aims to produce a catalogue of the characteristic forms of Brussels. This catalogue will constitute a valuable database to be used to improve debates about density, cities and their forms. For example, it would be useful to all actors in charge of planning and of morphological regulation; it could help create guidelines about density levels, heights, facilities and localisation of amenities. Fifty samples of different urban forms across the city were chosen to be explored by three different but complementary methodologies: morphological observation; analysis of social perception about density through interviews; and landscape perception through photography. The morphological observational research only comprises three stages; Firstly, the analysis of the historical urbanization that represents the evolution of the urban form through History; Secondly, a previously unpublished typology and mapping of urban densification through dwelling complexes constructed from 1989, (date on which Brussels-Capital Region was created); The third and last part is represented by the deep analysis of a representative sample of dwelling complexes considering different forms of density produced by them