Giovanni Vecchio

ASSOCIATE RESEARCHER
ACCESSIBLE CITIES

 

giovanni.vecchio@uc.cl

Assistant Professor at the Institute of Urban and Territorial Studies, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Currently, he serves as Editor-in-Chief of Revista EURE.

 

Urban planner from Politecnico di Milano, holding a Master’s degree in Urban Planning and Policy Design and a Ph.D. in Urban Planning, Design, and Policy from the same institution.

 

RESEARCH AREAS

 

His academic and research focus has been on the social implications of territorial planning, particularly in urban mobility, addressing issues related to vulnerable groups and territories, socio-spatial inequalities, and urban policies.

 

Principal Investigator of the Fondecyt Initiation Project “The place of urban ageing: a multiscale approach on the activity space of older people in Santiago de Chile” (2022-2025).

 

LATEST 10 PUBLICATIONS

 

Vásquez, L., Mora, R., Vecchio, G., & Tiznado-Aitken, I. (2024). Street experiments in intermediate cities: scope and perceptions of COVID-19 interventions. Journal of Urban Mobility, 5(100072), 100072. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.urbmob.2024.100072

 

Tiznado-Aitken, I., Vecchio, G., Guzmán, L. A., Fan, Y., Humberto, M., De Vasconcellos, E. P. G., & Muñoz, J. C. (2023). Unequal periurban mobility: Travel patterns, modal choices and urban core dependence in Latin America. Habitat International, 133, 102752. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.habitatint.2023.102752

 

Vecchio, G., Castillo, B., Villegas, R., Rojas, C., Steiniger, S., & Carrasco, J. A. (2023). Elderly Walking Access to Street Markets in Chile: An Asset for Food Security in an Unequal Country. Sustainability, 15(5), 3893. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15053893

 

Vecchio, G., Castillo, B., & Steiniger, S. (2023). Envejecer en la playa. La emergente migración de personas mayores hacia el Litoral Central de Chile (1987 – 2017). AUS, 33, 65-73. https://doi.org/10.4206/aus.2023.n33-09

 

Fuenzalida-Izquierdo, J., Sagaris, L., Muñoz, J. C., & Vecchio, G. (2023). Improving Participation for Sustainable Transport: Testing CoAXs Amidst Controversy Around a BRT Project in Santiago, Chile. Journal Of Planning Education And Research. https://doi.org/10.1177/0739456×231186969 

 

Tiznado-Aitken, I., Vecchio, G., Mora, R., González, L. D., & Marshall, C. (2023). Planning for accessibility: the divide between research and policy in the promotion of equitable mobility. Area Development And Policy, 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1080/23792949.2023.2261530

 

Tiznado-Aitken, I., Mora, R., Oyarzún, G., Vergara, J., & Vecchio, G. (2022). A bumpy ride: structural inequalities, quality standards, and institutional limitations affecting cycling infrastructure. Transportation Research. Part D, Transport And Environment, 110, 103434. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2022.103434

 

Vecchio, G., Tiznado-Aitken, I., Albornoz, C., & Tironi, M. (2022). Delivery workers and the interplay of digital and mobility (in)justice. Digital Geography And Society, 3, 100036. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diggeo.2022.100036

 

Vecchio, G. (2022). Transferring transport policy problems: the instrumental role of social concerns in policy transfer. Planning Practice + Research/Planning Practice And Research, 38(6), 815-829. https://doi.org/10.1080/02697459.2022.2061105

 

Rojas, C., Sáez, F. A., Vecchio, G., & Steiniger, S. (2022). Perception of Green Spaces Preparedness and Accessibility During COVID-19: An Exploratory Survey in Two Mid-Sized Chilean Cities. Frontiers In Sustainable Cities, 4. https://doi.org/10.3389/frsc.2022.816688