The World Health Organization (WHO) highlights an Observatory on Latin America (OLA) research study on Villa 20 and COVID-19
On October 29, to commemorate World Cities Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) presented summaries of 15 cases of city responses around the world worthy of global attention. One of these cases was the case of Villa 20 in Buenos Aires, a slum community of about...
New Ongoing Research Study “Villa 20 and COVID-19: The benefits of building social capital in the informal settlements of Buenos Aires”
The Gothenburg Centre for Sustainable Development, Chalmers University of Technology, and the Observatory on Latin America (OLA) have partnered to implement the research study “Villa 20 and COVID-19: The benefits of building social capital in the informal...
OLA Report of Activities 2017-2019
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Implementing the NUA and SDG: Buenos Aires Case Study in Comparative Perspective
The Observatory on Latin America is engaged with the Mistra Urban Futures (MUF) organization, which links local interaction platforms from various cities around the world (Cape Town, Gothenburg, Stockholm, Sheffield-Manchester, Kisumu, Malmö, and via OLA, Buenos...
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