Growing urban populations in Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) cities put an enormous pressure on transport systems, especially in sprawling cities with increasingly far-flung residents. In this context it is essential to facilitate the design of public infrastructure in an efficient and participatory way. Community mapping of urban infrastructure can play a central role. In … [Read more...] about DATUM: a resource center for participatory urban transit mapping — The case of Santiago de los Caballeros
Natalia Vidigal Coachman
Natalia Coachman is a Housing and Urban Development Consultant at the Inter-American Development Bank. Previously, she worked as an urban consultant for the World Bank Group, as a researcher for MIT CoLab and Civic Data Design Lab, and as an architect leading projects in diverse Latin American Countries. Natalia holds a Master’s in City Planning from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a B.A. in Architecture and Urbanism from Escola da Cidade de Sao Paulo.