New Book | Facing Risk: New Urban Resilience Practices in Latin America
Facing Risk provides answers to some dilemmas faced by the sustainable development agenda established by the international community. While there is an evident broad consensus, attention, and sense of urgency about what ought to be done, there is not enough clarity,...
Habitat in Debt
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The Observatory on Latin America (OLA), The New School, and Ediciones Infinito, are pleased to announce the publication of the book Bicentenarios en acción: Conmemoración y movilización política en América Latina. This volume brings together the production of 23...Building Bicentennials: Argentina
This is a book of multiple voices. Its 32 authors think about the sense, the challenge and options, memories and expectations that the bicentennial presents. They are voices of historians, architects, philosophers, scientists, professors, public dignitaries, social...The Global Economic Crisis in Latin America: Impacts and Responses / Michael Cohen (ed.)
When the 2008 financial crisis rippled from the epicenter in the United States across borders into economies both near and far, many countries were caught by surprise. The bursting of a housing market bubble in the United States caused persistent economic and social...
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