This study analyzes the intersection of energy, urban planning, decarbonization, and sustainability as a central axis for addressing urban development challenges in Latin America. A systematic search of the Scopus database selected 509 articles published between 2019 and 2024. The documents were thematically classified into urban planning (274), energy (79), and decarbonization (147), identifying only 10 studies that simultaneously integrate at least two of these dimensions in Latin American contexts. While this sample of 10 articles does not allow for generalizations about the region, the article selects representative cases to contextualize the type of research conducted, rather than offering extrapolable results. An exploratory multivariate analysis was applied to identify patterns, thematic gaps, and convergence trends, including Principal Component Analysis (PCA) to reduce the dimensionality of the set of key concepts and Hierarchical Clustering (HCC) to group terms according to their semantic proximity. These results are complemented by co-occurrence and thematic concentration maps generated from keywords extracted from the selected articles. The findings reveal a low level of integration among the topics analyzed, justifying the need to establish new lines of interdisciplinary research. The study proposes a replicable analytical tool that guides future regional research and contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals, especially SDG 7 (Affordable and Clean Energy), SDG 11 (Sustainable Cities and Communities), and SDG 13 (Climate Action).

La ganadería de leche, es un pilar fundamental de la metamorfosis del valle de Machachi. Se analizaron tres generaciones de productores ganaderos, la información primaria se obtuvo a través de encuestas y entrevistas semi-estructuradas con el fin de establecer la relación entre la dinámica de la actividad ganadera y la transformación del paisaje socio-económico, considerando los cambios en la producción desde siglo XX hasta nuestros días. La dinámica de cambio, parte de un sistema de producción extensivo a principios del siglo pasado a un sistema de producción intensivo, con el máximo aprovechamiento de los recursos, fomentada por ganaderos profesionales, que aplican nuevas tecnologías, que sin duda se correlaciona directamente con la transformación del paisaje con alto impacto. Estos cambios, han provocado una transformación en la vida de los habitantes que es altamente positiva desde una perspectiva económica y social, pues se incrementó la rentabilidad y con ello mejoró la calidad de vida de sus habitantes. La transformación en los sistemas de producción es de vital importancia para dinamizar la economía de las unidades de producción y de la sociedad. Se concluye que hay una relación directa entre los modos de producción y el paisaje socio-económico.

This study investigates nest-building behavior in social insects and its potential application in the development of sustainable materials from lignocellulosic agroindustrial waste. The research focuses on understanding the lignocellulose degradation mechanisms carried out by termites through microbial symbiosis, and how these natural processes can inspire waste treatment for manufacturing construction materials. In a first stage, biocompounds such as enzymes will be identified and characterized; in a second stage, composite formulation experiments will be conducted using local agricultural waste. Likewise, nest construction patterns inform the design of materials with improved thermal-structural performance. This integration is expected to reduce environmental impact and contribute to the circular economy, offering a viable alternative to conventional materials, while simultaneously exploring the insecticidal and/or fungicidal potential reported by local knowledge of indigenous communities and scarcely documented in the scientific literature.

In Amazonian cities of Ecuador, an empirical climate adaptation practice has become widespread: the self-managed construction of double roofs over concrete buildings. This strategy emerged as a mitigation response to control the effects of the warm-humid climate, characterized by high temperatures, intense solar radiation, and constant rainfall. Its proliferation has revealed deficiencies in conventional construction practices and a lack of integration of bioclimatic criteria in the initial design stages. From an urban perspective, the repeated implementation of this practice generates distinctive interpretations of the cityscape, creating unforeseen typologies that contribute to an unplanned urban identity. From a regulatory standpoint, this phenomenon reflects legal and planning gaps that allow the consolidation of informal extensions. This practice reveals a tension between individual solutions adopted by inhabitants and their collective impacts on the urban landscape. The study concludes that it is urgent and necessary to rethink Amazonian construction models by integrating bioclimatic strategies from the earliest design phases.

Intermediate Amazonian cities face increasing challenges associated with climate change, particularly those related to heat islands, urban runoff, and loss of vegetation cover. The objective of this study was to identify priority issues in public spaces in Archidona, ecuadorian Amazon, and to evaluate Nature-Based Solutions (NbS) applicable to the local urban context. The methodology combined regulatory and bibliographic review, analysis of official climate records from INAMHI (1998–2023), as well as spatial analysis and field observations in five selected public spaces based on criteria of urban representativeness and vegetation cover. The results revealed insufficient green infrastructure, predominance of impermeable surfaces, and limitations in thermal comfort and urban drainage. Among the identified Nature-Based Solutions were permeable pavements, bioclimatic corridors, urban tree planting, and sustainable urban drainage systems (SUDS), considered technically and territorially feasible for the Amazonian context. It is concluded that Nature-Based Solutions constitute replicable strategies to strengthen climate resilience and improve urban habitability in intermediate Amazonian cities, contributing to the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals 11 and 13.

La colisión con superficies vidriadas representa una causa esencial de mortalidad aviar de origen antropogénico. Este fenómeno, ampliamente estudiado en regiones templadas, ha experimentado una incidencia creciente en el contexto amazónico, donde la expansión urbana utiliza envolturas de vidrio para maximizar la ventilación y las visuales del paisaje, creando así barreras invisibles para la fisiología visual de las aves que no perciben el obstáculo. Este riesgo es particularmente agudo para las especies forestales de vuelo rápido y directo. Además, la contaminación lumínica confunde a las aves migratorias y locales, alterando sus trayectorias. Esta investigación realizó una revisión sistemática de referentes para el análisis edilicio y las estrategias de diseño para climas cálidos-húmedos. Como objetivo central se plantearon estrategias integradas de mitigación y presentar un marco conceptual que incorpore el diseño consciente y sostenible como componente esencial del diseño en la Amazonía y la coexistencia entre hábitats humanos y biodiversidad.