This Sunday, we join the global celebration of World Cities Day, highlighting the promotion of sustainable urbanization and international cooperation in tackling shared urban challenges. As we mark this anniversary alongside the United Nations Conference on Climate Change in 2021, we dedicate this blog to addressing the key urban threats faced by our region, with a particular … [Read more...] about World Cities Day: challenges and strategies for sustainable and resilient urbanism
Federica Volpe
Federica Volpe is an international expert on urban development and urban innovation. She worked at the Inter-American Development Bank for the Housing and Urban Development Division for several years, working on housing policy issues and for the Cities LAB platform, whose objective is to promote urban experimentation in Latin America and the Caribbean. She has produced several publications and courses on urban development issues, including “Alquiler en numeros” a country fact sheet booklet on the rental housing situation in Latin America and the Caribbean. Previously, she worked in international organizations, NGOs and in the private sector in Chile, Austria, the United States and Italy. She holds a master's degree in Latin American Studies and Sustainable Development from the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, a master’s degree in International Relations from the University of Florence, and an undergraduate degree in Diplomatic Studies from the University of Trieste, Italy.
Incubating urban solutions: 4 lessons learned from city labs
Cities and urban life pose constant challenges, for which we need to find effective and quick solutions. To this end, we need an adaptive and multi-faceted approach that allows us to engage with different actors, catalyze ideas, experiment and test solutions, fine tune and scale up, and eventually inform new public policy. The primary goal of the Housing and Urban … [Read more...] about Incubating urban solutions: 4 lessons learned from city labs
IDB Cities Lab: multiplying urban innovation in Latin America and the Caribbean
With more than 80% of its population living in cities, Latin America is one of the most urbanized regions in the world. Never before have so many people lived in urban centers and never before has it been so necessary to improve the way we understand, plan and manage cities as collective human projects. The increased scale and number of cities bring a whole array of new … [Read more...] about IDB Cities Lab: multiplying urban innovation in Latin America and the Caribbean