Analysis and Action
Interdisciplinary Approaches to Engaging Multiple Stakeholders in Addressing Sustainability of Florida's Water Resources
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session Mary Hope Schwoebel
This is an Interdisciplinary Action Research Project carried out by a social scientist and a scientist in partnerships with multiple stakeholders, including activists, advocates, citizen scientists, local government officials and civil servants, and community-based non-profit organizations. The first phase of the project to be implemented in November is a Water Symposium brought together all of the above utilizing a participatory action research process to develop guidelines and checklists for each level and category of stakeholder - state level, county and city governments, businesses, environmental organizations, citizens, and households - with recommendations for how to protect and improve water quality in Florida's oceans, lakes, rivers, springs and aquifers. The second phase of this participatory action research project is to design new, or support ongoing, interventions for different levels.
Intermodality Policies for Public Transport in Mexico and the European Union: Analysis of Their Contribution to Compliance with SDG 11.2
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session Laura Elena Castro Sánchez, Miguel Enrique Beltrán Aguirre
This study explores intermodality within public transport policies in urban contexts of the Global South and the European Union as a strategy to achieve access to safe, paid and sustainable transport systems. The applicable free access documents regarding the management of motorized transport routes and active mobility routes in the cities of Madrid and Monterrey were analyzed. Through the mapping of public transport routes, buffer zones without active intermodality are determined. According to the regulatory framework, the disparities between the case studies are mainly analyzed in the urban development model, pedestrian and cycling infrastructure, security and cultural aspects of mobility. The results show that in the case of Madrid the policies show significant progress in achieving intermodality because its urban planning and bioclimatic urbanism are an optimal basis for non-motorized modes of mobility while in the case of Monterrey such The initiatives are at an incipient level since the city faces challenges linked to its urban form, which make the adoption of active modes difficult. Finally, a set of planning and monitoring indicators focused on the Global South at the municipal level is proposed to promote development oriented towards intermodality in order to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 11. 2.
