The Division of Housing and Urban Development organized three webinars to understand better the opportunities and challenges associated with subnational climate action. The second meeting of the series, held on March 27th, focused on the crucial theme of climate equity in cities, addressing governance, gender, and urban resilience. This gathering brought together experts and … [Read more...] about Climate Equity in Cities: Governance, Gender and Urban Resilience
Metropolitan governance
80% of the citizens of Latin America and the Caribbean receive services through the municipal governments, so it is essential to improve the attention capacity of local governments. How to strengthen the governance capacity of institutions, supporting citizen participation and metropolitan coordination? Learn more by reading our blog and downloading this publication.
Driving Climate Action: Multilevel Coordination in Latin American and Caribbean Cities
The Housing and Urban Development Division organized three webinars to support cities in their efforts to understand the opportunities and challenges of subnational climate action in the fight against climate change and in achieving national and global goals and commitments. Our first webinar, held on March 20th, delved into the crucial role of multilevel collaboration in … [Read more...] about Driving Climate Action: Multilevel Coordination in Latin American and Caribbean Cities
Functional areas: the importance of the intermediate spatial planning scale
To design territorial public policies that effectively address the real problems of municipalities in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), it is necessary to understand and recognize the different territorial gradients that exist, as well as the dynamics that transcend political-administrative boundaries. In a previous article published a few months ago, we discussed the … [Read more...] about Functional areas: the importance of the intermediate spatial planning scale
What are the benefits of Transfer of Development Rights?
There are many ways to preserve heritage neighborhoods or ecological spaces in Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) cities. Nevertheless, when the owners of the buildings or plots can get an additional benefit for it, it means that the conservation tool we are using is the transfer of development rights (TDR).In today's article we invite you to learn how TDR works and why it is a … [Read more...] about What are the benefits of Transfer of Development Rights?
Beyond the Urban/Rural Territorial Categories
There is consensus in considering Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) as the second most urbanized region in the world, with around 80% of its population living in cities and the remaining 20% in rural areas. However, what would happen if we were to change, or adapt, the parameters for defining what can be considered urban territory? The dualistic classification (if it is … [Read more...] about Beyond the Urban/Rural Territorial Categories