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Table 1 RUCAS neighborhoods and primary interventions by component

From: The Regeneración Urbana, Calidad de Vida y Salud - RUCAS project: a Chilean multi-methods study to evaluate the impact of urban regeneration on resident health and wellbeing

  

BDM

MB

Overall neighborhood description

Year of construction

1992

1996

Travel time to the city’s downtown by public transport

25 min

70 min

Inhabitants (census 2017)

831

3834

Number of dwellings pre-intervention

384

1256

Housing interventions

Expansion: Dwelling area (m2) before the intervention

42

42

Expansion: Dwelling area (m2) after the intervention

57

84

Thermal and acoustic insulation

yes

yes

Improvement of roofs

yes

yes

Upgrading or installation of utilities (sanitation, electrical)

yes

yes

Final housing location

Remodeled but not expanded dwelling within the villa

yes

yes

Same remodeled dwelling

yes

yes

Different rehabilitated dwelling within the villa

yes

yes

New dwelling within the villa

yes

yes

New dwelling in an adjacent new villa

no

yes

Undetermined dwelling outside the villa (expropriation)

yes

yes

Built environment interventions

Dwellings demolished (as % of existing dwellings before intervention)

18%

34%

New recreational public spaces (green areas, parks)

yes

yes

Sports facilities (sport courts, playgrounds)

no

yes

Tree planting on streets and in parks

yes

yes

Improvement of roads (streets, sidewalks)

yes

yes

Improvement of existing public lighting

yes

yes

New bus stop

no

yes

Community interventions

New community centers

yes

no

Participatory social diagnoses

yes

yes

Revitalization of community organizations

yes

yes