Once countries lift the health emergency, what will the “new status quo” be like? And how should we prepare for a new normal? Cities must continue to provide their inhabitants with mechanisms that allow their well-being through the improvement of urban spaces. Long before the arrival of COVID-19, the city of Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul in Brazil, was already rethinking new … [Read more...] about Construction works and mobility during the pandemic: the case of Campo Grande
Jason Anthony Hobbs
É especialista em Habitação e Desenvolvimento Urbano do BID, onde trabalha desde 2009. O seu trabalho é focado nos aspectos de reabilitação urbana, habitação de baixa renda, desenvolvimento integrado de áreas degradas e melhoramento de bairros. Tem mais de 15 anos de experiência internacional em diversos países da América Latina e do Caribe. Bacharel em Ciências Politicas pela Universidade de Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) e Mestrado em Desenvolvimento Internacional pela Brandeis University, trabalhou como pesquisador e consultor no Brasil pela Organização das Nações Unidas e pelo Banco Mundial em projetos relacionados ao monitoramento e avaliação de políticas públicas.
Urban planning: three lessons learned in Curitiba
Original article published in Portugues in IDEAÇAO Blog on 09/01/2020 Curitiba's urban planning contributed substantially to the development of the municipality. The city is considered one of the three capitals with the best infrastructure in the country and has high living conditions, which is reflected in the wide coverage of public services and the high level of … [Read more...] about Urban planning: three lessons learned in Curitiba
Building adequate streets and public spaces in the central area of Campo Grande, Brazil
In the 1960s, Jane Jacobs conducted an investigation into the reasons why several neighborhoods, especially in the center of cities in the United States, were in decline. Which led her to write one of the most influential books on the human approach to urban planning. In this publication, the author emphasized the importance of promoting adequate and dynamic (or interesting) … [Read more...] about Building adequate streets and public spaces in the central area of Campo Grande, Brazil