Las diferencias en la distribución de zonas verdes en las ciudades suponen una injusticia social que aumenta la exposición a las altas temperaturas y a la contaminación ambiental a las comunidades vulnerables.
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Vrije Universiteit Brussel
The Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) About this soundlisten (help·info) (English: Free University of Brussels-VUB) is a Dutch- and English-speaking research university located in Brussels, Belgium. It has four campuses: Brussels Humanities, Science and Engineering Campus (in Ixelles), Brussels Health Campus (in Jette), Brussels Technology Campus (in Anderlecht) and Brussels Photonics Campus (in Gooik).
The Vrije Universiteit Brussel was formed by the splitting in 1970 of the Université libre de Bruxelles (English: Free University of Brussels-ULB), which was founded in 1834 by the Flemish-Brussels lawyer Pierre-Théodore Verhaegen. He wanted to establish a university independent from state and church, where academic freedom would be prevalent. This is today still reflected in the university’s motto Scientia vincere tenebras, or Conquering darkness by science, and in its more recent slogan Redelijk eigenzinnig (in Dutch), or Reasonably opinionated. Accordingly, the university is pluralistic – it is open to all students on the basis of equality regardless of their ideological, political, cultural or social background – and it is managed using democratic structures, which means that all members – from students to faculty – participate in the decision-making processes.
The university is organised into 8 faculties that accomplish the three central missions of the university: education, research, and service to the community. The faculties cover a broad range of fields of knowledge including the natural sciences, classics, life sciences, social sciences, humanities, and engineering. The university provides bachelor, master, and doctoral education to about 8,000 undergraduate and 1,000 graduate students. It is also a strongly research-oriented institute, which has led to its top-189th position among universities worldwide. Its research articles are on average more cited than articles by any other Flemish university.
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
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Professor of Urban Ecology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
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Professor of Food Science and Biotechnology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
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Associate Professor, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
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Assistant Professor, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
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Postdoctoral researcher, Analytical, Environmental and Geo- Chemistry, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
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Doctorante FWO en sciences politiques, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
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Research Fellow, Environmental Political Theory, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
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Assistant Professor, Energy Meteorology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
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Assistant Professor/Research Leader, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
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Researcher and Lecturer, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
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Assistant Professor, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
