Comparative study of the urban quality of life in Cuban first-level cities from an objective dimension

Eras, Juan José Cabello; Varela, Daylí Covas; Pérez, Gilberto Hernández; Gutiérrez, Alexis Sagastume; Lorenzo, Dunia García; Vandecasteele, Carlo; Hens, Luc

doi:10.1007/s10668-013-9470-0

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“…Local stakeholders are productive and services companies, the scientific community, opinion leaders and civil society organizations with roles and interests that can be framed in economic, political, cultural, educational, health, among others; which may be coincident or contradictory, but that can connect and produce common strategies [49,50]. LDS is defined by the council of municipal government in order to potentiate capacities for gradual and progressive implementation of the administrative, economic and financial decentralization as a principle of municipal organization and reorganization and continuous improvement of the citizen's quality of life [12].…”

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“…Also, there is in Cuba a trend of population growth in urban areas [12]. Nevertheless, the energy supply is an issue of the national authorities and municipal authorities have a limited role to forecast energy demand and work in saving programs in order to satisfy the citizen's requirements with energy amount assigned by the central government [13,14,15].…”

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“…The culture of savings and the rational use of resources is also of core importance for the Cuban model imposed by the US embargo [17], also policies that acknowledge saving opportunities as one of the main resources for the country [18]. In addition in Cuba almost all products or services companies are government own which would facilitate the role of local government in order to improve the energy efficiency Despite local's governments in Cuba manage directly education, health and sport practices services, water supply and treatment, local and short-range transportation and locals industries, its share of national energy consumption is significant account 51 % of diesel fuel and 30 % of electricity [19], currently there are a lack of tools and competencies for energy management and an institutional mechanism to do it [12,13,15].…”

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Municipal Energy Management Model for Cuban First Level Municipalities

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The Government of Cuba proposed in the year 2011 an update of the economic and social model, where the management of energy is an element of influence in the economy of the country. This led to the approval of a policy for the development of renewable sources and the efficient use of energy. Another important aspect is the National Plan for development until 2030, which considers the use of natural resources including energy, environmental impacts, and its link with the local development. However, in the municipalities, there are few studies on local energy management (LEM), and they lack the essential elements to guarantee it. This study defined the elements of LEM for the management models of local governance in Cuba, the energy context, and the scenario for the development of LEM in the country.The results suggest a model for LEM that integrates its elements to the functions of local government in energy decisions that influence the economy, society, the environment and local development.

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“…RECP addresses the three sustainability dimensions (production efficiency, environmental management and human development) individually and synergistically. This concept is closely related to the Circular Economy (CE), which is a sustainable development strategy aiming to improve the efficiency of materials and energy use [7], [8]. Figure 2 CP is generally oriented towards reducing environmental impact in the source function as well as in the drainage function, as seen on figure 3.…”

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Approaching a cleaner production as an environmental management strategy

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2016

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Abstract--In this paper a reflection on Cleaner Production as environmental management strategy and the advantages of it over the traditional approach of treatment at the end of the process. These advantages are mainly related to preventing pollution rather than treat it to avoid its effect preventive approach. Some results of the implementation of this strategy in Cuba are relate.Keywords--Cleaner production, pollution control, pollution prevention, environmental management, CubaResumen--En el trabajo se realiza una reflexión acerca de la Producción más Limpia como estrategia de gestión ambiental y las ventajas que de ella se obtiene con respecto al enfoque tradicional de tratamiento al final del proceso. Estas ventajas están relacionadas principalmente con su enfoque preventivo orientado a evitar la contaminación en lugar de tratarla para evitar su efecto. Se refieren algunos resultados de la aplicación de esta estrategia en Cuba.Palabras Clave--Contaminación, gestión ambiental, control de la contaminación, prevención de la contaminación, producción más limpia. Approaching a Cleaner Production as anEnvironmental Management StrategyAcercamiento a la Producción Más Limpia como estrategia de gestión ambiental dx

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“…In the 1970s and 1980s, the QOUL has been increasingly considered a multidimensional concept that includes different dimensions of human life [9,22,54]. At the same time, empirical studies proposed specific methodologies assessing QOUL through the the joint use of objective and subjective indicators [16,34,55]. More recent studies about QOUL focused on environmental quality in inner cities [6], where unemployment, the increasing concentration of less skilled workers because of immigration, population aging, and class segregation, contributed to a progressive decline in life quality [48].…”

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Factors Underlying Life Quality in Urban Contexts: Evidence from an Industrial City (Arak, Iran)

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Cities play a vital role in local development providing a high education level, specialized jobs and advanced services. When assessing living conditions and wellbeing in cities, economic indicators alone are generally unable to evaluate the inherent complexity of the ‘quality of life’ issue in urban environments. With rapid urbanization, shortage of infrastructures and services emerged in metropolitan regions of developing countries, leading to disadvantaged settlements, urban poverty, lower citizens’ satisfaction, and an overall decline in life quality. Based on these premises, the present study illustrates a subjective investigation of life quality in an emerging economy such as Iran, focusing on Arak, the fourth largest industrial pole of the country. Based on a literature review on quality of life in industrial cities of emerging economies, subjective indicators of citizens’ satisfaction on living quality in Arak were identified and quantified using empirical results from a field survey. Results of our study show that the overall satisfaction for living quality in Arak is rather low, reaching the lowest rank in the issues of environmental sanitation and public transportation. Lack of investments in urban infrastructure justifies the low citizens’ perception of life quality in Arak city. The paper concludes outlining the urgent need of homogeneous and comparable macro- and micro-data on multiple aspects of quality of life at both city-level and metropolitan-level in emerging economies.

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Comparative study of the urban quality of life in Cuban first-level cities from an objective dimension

Cited by 16 publications

References 9 publications

Municipal Energy Management Model for Cuban First Level Municipalities

Municipal Energy Management Model for Cuban First Level Municipalities

Approaching a cleaner production as an environmental management strategy

Factors Underlying Life Quality in Urban Contexts: Evidence from an Industrial City (Arak, Iran)

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