Book Presentation: 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...
Book Presentation: Facing Risk: New Urban Resilience Practices in Latin America
Side Event at Building a Resilient Future Conference Facing Risk presents effective urban resilience practices put in place to address the risks of natural and anthropic disasters in six Latin American cities: Manizales, Colombia; La Paz, Bolivia; Cuenca, Ecuador;...
Book Presentation: Facing Risk: New Urban Resilience Practices in Latin America
Facing Risk presents effective urban resilience practices put in place to address the risks of natural and anthropic disasters in six Latin American cities: Manizales, Colombia; La Paz, Bolivia; Cuenca, Ecuador; Santa Fe and Pilar, Argentina; and Cubatão, Brazil. This...Conference: Bottom-up urban policies in Brazil: Nabil Bonduki’s research and practice
PUBLIC LECTURE BY: Nabil Bonduki Professor Bonduki is a Brazilian architect, town planner, university professor, and politician. He is Full Professor of Urban Planning at the University of São Paulo and Visiting Professor at the University of California,...CONFERENCE: BOTTOM-UP URBAN POLICIES IN BRAZIL · NABIL BONDUKI’S RESEARCH AND PRACTICE
Public Lecture by Nabil Bonduki: Professor Bonduki is a Brazilian architect, town planner, university professor, and politician. He is Full Professor of Urban Planning at the University of São Paulo and Visiting Professor at the University of California, Berkeley. He...
CONFERENCE | PARAGUAY: A 30-YEAR OLD DEMOCRACY, PROGRESS AND CHALLENGES
Public Conference Speakers: Luis Ortiz, Susana Sottoli and Javier Uriarte Over the last 30 years, democracy as a social project in Paraguay became the focus of important efforts from all social and political actors. The relation between market freedom and social...
Conference: Social Inequality and the Educational System in Paraguay
The Observatory on Latin America organizes a seminar to discuss the research of Luis Ortiz, OLA Visiting Scholar 2018-2019. Professor Ortiz holds a PhD in sociology from the School of Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences in France and an MA in social sciences from...Event summary: International Conference Aportes para el U20: Coproducción del Conocimiento en la Dimensión Metropolitana
The Observatory on Latin America, together with the Facultad de Arquitectura, Diseño y Urbanismo of the Universidad de Buenos Aires and the City Government of Buenos Aires, organize a day long conference entitled “Aportes para el U20, Coproducción del...Conferencia: Políticas urbanas patas para arriba en Brasil: la investigación y práctica de Nabil Bonduki
CONFERENCIA PÚBLICA POR: Nabil Bonduki El profesor Bonduki es un arquitecto, urbanista, profesor universitario y político brasileño. Es profesor titular de planificación urbana en la Universidad de São Paulo y profesor visitante en la Universidad de California,...
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In this second discussion on the history of the future, academics from the Temporalidades del Futuro group: Lorena López, José Francisco Hernández, Lasse Hölck and Stefan Rinke, will participate: Comments will be offered by Martín Groisman and Margarita Gutman.