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Land Value Capture: Creating the Financial Means for Affordable Cities

AFFORDABLE CITIES

Land Value Capture: Creating the Financial Means for Affordable Cities

By Sena Segbedzi|2024-01-04T16:29:16+01:00July 19th 2022|Finance, Housing and Construction|

Creating liveable, affordable cities requires significant public investments. How to finance them? The answer may lie in land value capture. This financing tool allows municipalities to recover the land value gains that result from public action such as zoning changes or investment in public infrastructure, to invest them back into the city. Sena Segbedzi, OECD Champion Mayors for Inclusive Growth Initiative, shares stories of success from all over the world.

Urban Challenges in Post-COVID Times

WORLD URBAN FORUM

Urban Challenges in Post-COVID Times

By Cynthia Goytia|2024-01-04T15:50:14+01:00June 30th 2022|Good Governance, Housing and Construction|

The COVID-19 crisis has exacerbated existing challenges in the domain of social inclusion and housing. Cynthia Goytia on how cities can rise to these challenges and which solutions have already proven successful in urban Latin America.

Urban Labs in Latin America: Participatory and Effective Interventions

URBAN LABS AND INNOVATION

Urban Labs in Latin America: Participatory and Effective Interventions

By Simone Sandholz, Lucas de Carvalho Turmena, Jorgelina Hardoy, Florencia Almansi|2024-01-04T15:44:24+01:00April 4th 2022|Housing and Construction, Integrated Planning|

A strategy for planning that ensures to include citizens and addresses several challenges at once, urban labs can be found in many cities in Latin America. Simone Sandholz, Lucas de Carvalho Turmena, Jorgelina Hardoy, and Florencia Almansi with some examples from urban labs in Latin America.

Resilience Education: Methodological Support Modules for Guatemalan Schools

Resilience Education: Methodological Support Modules for Guatemalan Schools

By Jorge Alberto Ruiz Ordoñez & Mayté Giselle González Sánchez|2024-01-04T15:21:05+01:00February 1st 2022|Gender and Inequalities, Resilient Cities and Climate|

Resilience can be learned, and what better place to do so than in schools? Jorge Ruiz and Mayté González from Wetlands International LAC present a tool kit for resilience education they developed together with teachers in Guatemala.

E-Commerce in Ecuador: Farmers Oppose the Pandemic

E-Commerce in Ecuador: Farmers Oppose the Pandemic

By Rosa Rodriguez|2024-01-04T15:13:07+01:00November 8th 2021|Good Governance, Sustainable Infrastructure|

The pandemic has been especially challenging for the agricultural sector. But a new farmer-owned online marketplace puts sustainable produce on the table and creates jobs for rural communities. By Rosa Rodriguez

Learning from Latin America’s Informal Settlements and Urban Policies

Learning from Latin America’s Informal Settlements and Urban Policies

By Cynthia Goytia|2024-01-04T14:25:41+01:00March 18th 2021|Gender and Inequalities, Good Governance|

Informal housing is a common phenomenon in Latin America, and governmental regulations are designed to counteract it. However, some of them have had the opposite effect. Cynthia Goytia on its underlying dynamics and a necessary shift in urban policies.

Energy Efficiency Policies and Net-Zero Ambitions: Collaborative Public-Private Partnerships Across Latin America

Energy Efficiency Policies and Net-Zero Ambitions: Collaborative Public-Private Partnerships Across Latin America

By Juanita Alvarez|2024-01-04T14:27:30+01:00February 24th 2021|Integrated Planning, Resilient Cities and Climate|

Juanita Alvarez outlines how the Green Building Councils of Latin America employed Public Private Partnerships to join forces for sustainable development.

Upgrading Precarious Neighbourhoods is Key for Post-Pandemic Recovery

Upgrading Precarious Neighbourhoods is Key for Post-Pandemic Recovery

By Anacláudia Rossbach, Hector Becerril, María Mercedes Di Virgilio, Catalina Ortiz, Stephen Seidel & Karol Yáñez Soria|2024-01-04T14:08:32+01:00February 2nd 2021|Gender and Inequalities, Housing and Construction|

The COVID-19 pandemic pushed the planet to ‘stay at home’ and ‘wash hands’. But in Latin America and the Caribbean, more than 100 million inhabitants lack adequate housing and sanitation. Could upgrading precarious neighbourhoods hold the key for post-pandemic recovery? By Anacláudia Rossbach et al

COVID-19 Responses: The Urban Innovations that are Here to Stay

COVID-19 Responses: The Urban Innovations that are Here to Stay

By Isidora Larraín de Andraca and Pauline Claramunt Torche|2024-01-04T14:11:59+01:00December 1st 2020|Integrated Planning, Sustainable Infrastructure|

Cities, citizens, and institutions constantly evolve and are typically very resilient – according to Isidora Larraín and Pauline Claramunt. The authors present three urban innovations implemented in cities around the world that may just prove that COVID-19 responses hold the potential to become long-term solutions to long-standing problems, especially in South America.

Green Recovery in Cities: From Instant Reaction to a Sustainable Future

Green Recovery in Cities: From Instant Reaction to a Sustainable Future

By Carmen Vogt, Philip Koch and Lukas Prinz|2024-01-04T14:02:48+01:00October 20th 2020|Finance, Resilient Cities and Climate|

All over the world, cities are grappling with the pandemic's social and economic impacts. Carmen Vogt, Philip Koch, and Lukas Prinz present some inspiring examples from Latin America that showcase how cities can build back better.

Equitable Public Spaces in Latin America: A How-To

Equitable Public Spaces in Latin America: A How-To

By Javier Vergara Petrescu|2024-01-04T13:48:58+01:00July 30th 2020|Integrated Planning, Sustainable Infrastructure|

Public spaces and public life in South American cities are dominated by car-oriented planning. Organisations like Chile-based Ciudad Emergente aim to change this through tactical urbanism.

Restoring our Sound Equilibrium: Fighting Noise Pollution in Mexico City

Restoring our Sound Equilibrium: Fighting Noise Pollution in Mexico City

By Jimena de Gortari Ludlow|2024-01-04T13:30:20+01:00June 26th 2020|Good Governance|

Noise is one of the top environmental hazards. Facing ever-growing cities, one wonders: is there anything we can do? Yes, there is. Jimena de Gortari Ludlow, expert in urban acoustics, examines the unique soundscape of the world’s fifth largest city and offers practical solutions.

Why Care About Trees in Cities?

Why Care About Trees in Cities?

By Cities4Forest|2024-01-04T09:54:52+01:00April 2nd 2020|Good Governance, Resilient Cities and Climate|

Forests provide tremendous benefits to urban areas such as clean air and water, climate resilience and biodiversity, human health and well-being. They also provide jobs, recreation, and a suite of nature-based solutions for city infrastructure, argues the international alliance Cities4Forests.

Wellbeing in the Time of Cities: The Sweet City Vision

Wellbeing in the Time of Cities: The Sweet City Vision

By Irene García Brenes & Alejandro Muñoz Rivera|2024-01-04T11:55:11+01:00March 24th 2020|Good Governance, Resilient Cities and Climate|

Curridabat, Costa Rica, is dealing with several issues that are common to municipalities around the world. The answer they found, however, is a truly unique one that considers everyone living in Curridabat a city dweller – human or not.

Visiting and Recognising San Pablo, Ecuador

Visiting and Recognising San Pablo, Ecuador

By Maria Laura Avila|2024-01-04T13:24:46+01:00March 5th 2020|Resilient Cities and Climate, Sustainable Infrastructure|

Narrated from a community leader's viewpoint, we take a look at the neighbourhood of San Pablo, Ecuador, where the project "Guardians of the Hill" conserves urban ecosystems while at the same time empowering female community members.