Abstract Aims To put together a registry of the location of all existing outdoor gyms (OGs) in Santiago, Chile, and establish a profile of the users of these gyms. Methods All OGs in Santiago located in public spaces were identified and geo-referenced, and an accessibility analysis of them was carried out. A total of 1,023 users of OGs were surveyed (71% men, average age 31.5 years old, SD =16.6), about the frequency of use of OGs, amount of time spent using them, transportation habits, motivation for usage, and their perceptions regarding their own health, among other questions. In addition, each person's neck circumference was measured. Results There are 1,981 OGs in the city squares, sidewalks and parks, mostly located in poorest areas of the city. Most OG users live less than one kilometer away from an OG. Discussion In line with international studies, this research demonstrates that OGs have positive collateral effects, as they not only contribute to users to increase their physical activity, but also because they attract people with sedentary lifestyles to make physical activity. This, in turn, might contribute to make urban areas more livable and safer, for they bring new "eyes to the street" and permit to use cities' under-occupied public spaces. Conclusion The proliferation of outdoor gyms should be regarded as an opportunity for public health policies aimed at tackling the obesity problem and increasing the physical activity of people.

It is critical to understand how to accommodate the 'resilience thinking' approach in city planning, in order for urban environments to adapt to extreme natural events. This study explored from both a conceptual and applied perspective, whether or not the resilience thinking approach has been adressed in urban plan-ning, using Mehuin, Chile, as a case study. The methodology involved a qualitative review of planning tools, in orden to analyze the extent to which urban resilience attributes (e.g. diversity and redundancy) are addressed in Mehuin's planning, do-cuments, along with a quantitative evaluation of resilience dimensions (i.e. physi-cal, environmental and social) for Mehuin's urban environment. Our findings indicated that the environmental dimension has the greatest ¡nfluence on the adaptive capacity of Mehuín; however, this is not addressed in the urban planning tools. These divergent results are further discussed with respect to the potential challenges that could arise in current planning science, as we know it.

La comprensión de cómo acomodar el "pensamiento resiliente" en la planificación de ciudades es fundamental para la adaptación de los entornos urbanos a eventos naturales extremos. Este estudio explora si el pensamiento resiliente se ha abordado en la planificación urbana, tanto desde la perspectiva conceptual como de la aplicada, utilizando Mehuín, Chile, como caso de estudio. La metodología se basa en: Una revisión cualitativa de las herramientas de planificación para analizar en qué medida los atributos de la resiliencia urbana (por ejemplo, la diversidad y la redundancia) se abordan en los documentos de planificación; y una evaluación cuantitativa de las dimensiones de la resiliencia del medio ambiente urbano de Mehuín (es decir, la física, ambiental y social). Los resultados muestran que la dimensión ambiental es la que más influye en la capacidad de adaptación de Mehuín; sin embargo, esta dimensión no se aborda en las herramientas de planificación urbana. Estos resultados divergentes se discuten adicionalmente con respecto a los posibles retos que se plantean en la ciencia de la planificación actual tal como la conocemos.

It is critical to understand how to accommodate the 'resilience thinking' approach in city planning, in order for urban environments to adapt to extreme natural events. This study explored from both a conceptual and applied perspective, whether or not the resilience thinking approach has been adressed in urban plan-ning, using Mehuin, Chile, as a case study. The methodology involved a qualitative review of planning tools, in orden to analyze the extent to which urban resilience attributes (e.g. diversity and redundancy) are addressed in Mehuin's planning, do-cuments, along with a quantitative evaluation of resilience dimensions (i.e. physical, environmental and social) for Mehuin's urban environment. Our findings indicated that the environmental dimension has the greatest influence on the adaptive capacity of Mehuín; however, this is not addressed in the urban planning tools. These divergent results are further discussed with respect to the potential challenges that could arise in current planning science, as we know it.

La comprensión de cómo acomodar el "pensamiento resiliente" en la planificación de ciudades es fundamental para la adaptación de los entornos urbanos a eventos naturales extremos. Este estudio explora si el pensamiento resiliente se ha abordado en la planificación urbana, tanto desde la perspectiva conceptual como de la aplicada, utilizando Mehuín, Chile, como caso de estudio. La metodología se basa en: Una revisión cualitativa de las herramientas de planificación para analizar en qué medida los atributos de la resiliencia urbana (por ejemplo, la diversidad y la redundancia) se abordan en los documentos de planificación; y una evaluación cuantitativa de las dimensiones de la resiliencia del medio ambiente urbano de Mehuín (es decir, la física, ambiental y social). Los resultados muestran que la dimensión ambiental es la que más influye en la capacidad de adaptación de Mehuín; sin embargo, esta dimensión no se aborda en las herramientas de planificación urbana. Estos resultados divergentes se discuten adicionalmente con respecto a los posibles retos que se plantean en la ciencia de la planificación actual tal como la conocemos.