Gestión municipal de plagas urbanas. El caso de Madrid
- Ibon Tamayo 1
- José María Cámara
- Francisco Escobar 1
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Universidad de Alcalá
info
ISSN: 1697-2791
Ano de publicación: 2013
Título do exemplar: Los niños y la Salud Ambiental
Volume: 13
Número: 1
Páxinas: 80-88
Tipo: Artigo
Outras publicacións en: Revista de Salud Ambiental
Resumo
Citizens’ reports of sightings of undesirable animals are a common component of pest control programmes in a city. For this reason, local authorities tend to develop procedures for the capture and analysis of the resulting data sets based on these reported sightings. These procedures in turn contribute to the development of other initiatives aimed at improving public health conditions. The study presented here focuses on the methodology designed and implemented by the Madrid City Council for controlling and managing the presence of urban pests. The long experience (over 100 years) of the City Council and its commitment to the incorporation of new technologies have allowed a number of important lessons to be learnt in pest control and management, which may be useful as a guide and model for cities where public health services have not yet incorporated these methods