Urban Policy in Latin America: Towards the Sustainable Development Goals?
This book evaluates the impact of 20 years of urban policies in six Latin American countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Mexico. It argues that evaluating the fulfillment of past commitments is essential for framing and meeting the new commitments...
Event Summary · Book presentation at the Building a Resilient Future Conference
On September 22, 2019, the Observatory on Latin America (OLA) joined a pool of 450 changemakers at the Building a Resilient Future day-long event organized by the Global Resilience Partnership. The day after the event a headline message was put forward to the UN...
Event Summary · Book Launch: Facing Risk: New Urban Resilience Practices in Latin America
On September 12th, 2019, the Observatory on Latin America (OLA) at The New School presented its newly published book Facing Risk: New Urban Resilience Practices in Latin America. The publication is the result of a collaboration agreement between the OLA and the Latin...
Event Summary · Paraguay: a 30-Year Old Democracy, Progress and Challenges
On April 10th, 2019, the Observatory on Latin America at The New School hosted Luis Ortiz, Susana Sottoli, and Javier Uriarte, who spoke to an audience of students, faculty, and general public. This talk was introduced by Michael Cohen, Professor of International...
Event summary · Bottom-up Urban Policies in Brazil: Nabil Bonduki’s research and practice
On April 18th, 2019, the Observatory on Latin America at The New School hosted Nabil Bonduki, Brazilian architect, urbanist, academic, and politician who spoke to an audience of students, faculty, and general public. Bonduki’s talk was introduced by Miodrag...Upcoming Events
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