Vitor Pessoa Colombo
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1015 Lausanne
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Fields of expertise
- Informal settlements
- Urban health
- Southern urbanism
- Mapping & household surveys
- Spatial Analysis / Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
- Latin America
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- International collaboration
Biography
Vitor is an architect by training, who grow up in Brazil before moving to Switzerland. His personal experience fostered a particular interest in urban planning challenges raised by socio-spatial segregation and inequitable urbanization.His research focuses on habitat and health issues resulting from rapid and largely "informal" urban growth in the Global South, while reflecting on the role of geographic information as a tool for both spatial transformation and social development. In this sense, his work is based on geographic information systems (GIS), including participatory mapping based on mobile data collection tools. Throughout his work, Vitor has developed transdisciplinary partnerships with various actors in Switzerland, Brazil, Kenya and Côte d'Ivoire.
Today, Vitor is a doctoral assistant and lecturer at EPFL, where he teaches the Bachelor-level course "Urban Planning in the Global South".
Education
Docteur ès Sciences (PhD)
Urban planning and public health
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
2019-2023
Master of Science
Architecture
Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio
2011-2013
Bachelor of Science
Architecture
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
2006-2009
Publications
Infoscience publications
2023
Journal Articles
Environmental determinants of access to shared sanitation in informal settlements: a cross-sectional study in Abidjan and Nairobi
Infectious Diseases of Poverty. 2023-04-10. DOI : 10.1186/s40249-023-01078-z.Spatial Distributions of Diarrheal Cases in Relation to Housing Conditions in Informal Settlements: A Cross-Sectional Study in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
Journal of Urban Health. 2023. DOI : 10.1007/s11524-023-00786-z.Theses
Relating health benefits of water, sanitation, and hygiene services with the context of urban informal settlements: lessons from Côte d'Ivoire and Kenya
Lausanne, EPFL, 2023. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-10143.Book Chapters
Comparing Volunteered Data Acquisition Methods on Informal Settlements in Mexico City and São Paulo: A Citizen Participation Ladder for VGI
Socio-Environmental Research in Latin America; Cham: Springer, 2023-03-30.Posters
Efficacy and health benefits of different water distribution systems in informal settlements: a cross-sectional study in Nairobi, Kenya
19th International Conference on Urban Health (ICUH 2023), Atlanta, USA, 6-9 November 2023.2022
Journal Articles
Examining African contributions to global health: Reflections on knowledge circulation and innovation
Global Public Health. 2022-09-08. DOI : 10.1080/17441692.2022.2118343.Using Open-Access Data to Explore Relations between Urban Landscapes and Diarrhoeal Diseases in Côte d’Ivoire
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022-06-23. DOI : 10.3390/ijerph19137677.Talks
Shared sanitation and safety issues in impoverished urban settlements: design implications for slum upgrading projects
International Conference on Urban Health (ICUH 2022), Valencia, Spain, October 24-27, 2022.Student Projects
Le Caire (in)formel: au-delà de l’éternelle dichotomie
20222021
Journal Articles
Automatic detection of potential mosquito breeding sites from aerial images acquired by unmanned aerial vehicles
Computers, Environment and Urban Systems. 2021-08-12. DOI : 10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2021.101692.Book Chapters
Desenvolvimento do capital social comunitário em assentamentos vulneráveis: a experiência da organização Teto (Techo) na Colômbia e no Brasil
Engenharias e outras práticas técnicas engajadas; Editora da Universidade Estadual da Paraíba, 2021-06-08. p. 474.Posters
Vernacular architecture & spatial typology: their share in urban health
17th International Conference on Urban Health (ICUH 2021), Online, 6-8 July, 2021.Talks
Using open-access data to explore the relationship between urban morphology and diarrhoeal diseases in Côte d’Ivoire
4th International Conference on Canadian, Chinese and African Sustainable Urbanization (ICCCASU 2021), Online, 27 July - 1 August 2021.The question of housing at the center of urban health inequities
17th International Conference on Urban Health (ICUH 2021), Online, 6-8 July, 2021.Urban living, mobility & health – the future of our cities
Urban living, mobility & health – the future of our cities, Online, March 4, 2021.Student Projects
Modelling spatial health accessibilityin Sub-Saharan African cities: A Case Study in Yaounde, Cameroon
2021-07-092020
Journal Articles
Gentrification, Coprésence ou Mixité? Changements et Permanences au Centre de São Paulo
EspacesTemps.net. 2020-07-17. DOI : 10.26151/2pdd-xz89.2019
Conference Papers
Gentrification, Coprésence ou Mixité? Changements et Permanences au Centre de São Paulo
2019-07-03. Colloque International AFEP-IIPPE: Penser l'économie de demain et le futur de l'économie politique, Lille, France, July 3-5, 2019.Conference Proceedings
Mapeamento Participativo: Tecnologia e Cidadania. Livro de resumos do encontro internacional Técnicas de Mapeamento e Cidadania (São Paulo, 2018) / Participatory Mapping: Technology and Citizenship. Conference proceedings of the international meeting Mapping Techniques and Citizenship (São Paulo, 2018)
2019-10-10Talks
Mapping informal settlements: an experience in São Paulo (Brazil)
Cartografia, cittadinanza e partecipazione – Giornata internazionale di studi, Mendrisio, Switzerland, October 11, 2019.2018
Talks
Uso de tecnologias geo-espaciais comuns para o mapeamento de assentamentos informais
International Meeting on Mapping Techniques and Citizenship, São Paulo, Brazil, 13 November 2018.Citizen Mapping: Using Common Geospatial Technologies to Map Informal Settlements in São Paulo, Brazil
International Tech4Dev Conference, Lausanne, Switzerland, June 27-29, 2018.2016
Journal Articles
Mapeando la informalidad una experiencia participativa en Sao Paulo, Brasil / Mapping informality: a participative experience in Sao Paulo, Brazil
Revista CIS. 2016-12-01.Selected publications
| Pessoa Colombo, V., Chenal, J., Orina, F., Meme, H., Koffi, J.A.A., Koné B., Utzinger J. Infectious Diseases of Poverty |
Environmental determinants of access to shared sanitation in informal settlements: a cross-sectional study in Abidjan and Nairobi |
| Pessoa Colombo, V., Chenal, J., Koné B., Koffi, J.A.A., Utzinger J. Journal of Urban Health |
Spatial Distributions of Diarrheal Cases in Relation to Housing Conditions in Informal Settlements: A Cross-Sectional Study in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire |
| Santos, A.P., Pessoa Colombo, V., Heider, K., Rodriguez-Lopez, J.M. Socio-Environmental Research in Latin America. The Latin American Studies Book Series. |
Comparing Volunteered Data Acquisition Methods on Informal Settlements in Mexico City and São Paulo: A Citizen Participation Ladder for VGI |