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Nov
It's been nearly four years since Haiti was struck by an earthquake. Reconstruction projects have had mixed success. What went wrong and can the Philippines do it better? Read more
All posts in Latin America
Many services in Rio de Janeiro have difficulty operating in the city's slums, including the Post Office. To overcome this shortage, slum dwellers have created informal organizations such as the "Community Post", which works in the Vidigal neighborhood.
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The concept behind Argentina’s New Online Political Party - Partido de la Red - is remarkably simple. They have developed an app that lets people vote directly on each bill that is proposed in the city legislature. But could it work? Read more
The word is out on bus lanes, with a recently released study from the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy highlighting the many benefits of Bus Rapid Transit compared to rail-based mass transit. Read more
According to the Brazilian Institute of Public Opinion and Statistics (IBOPE), 76% of Brazil's internet users access social media networks. That means almost 78 million Brazilians currently use these communication tools, and in the nation's slums it is no different. Read more
What if a city could have its priorities and projects chosen directly by citizens, without the risk of the technical feasibility of those ideas? Sounds good? That is the idea behind Rio+. Read more
11
Oct
One of the major problems faced by temporary projects in cities is the creation of suitable spaces to house them. But as projects in cities across the globe are demonstrating, reusing shipping containers can solve this problem. Read more
The city of Curitiba announced the details of Plan Cicloviário on September 6th. The big news, however, is not the $90 million investment to implement hundreds of kilometres of new bike roads in the capital by 2016. The real news is the plan itself, and all that it represents. Read more