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Ibero-American experiences of tactical urban planning against the COVID-19

This webinar organized by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and Metropolis consisted in the identification of innovative experiences where tactical urbanism has been applied as a municipal action instrument to break the expansion of COVID-19 while contributing to the systematization of municipal experiences to be included in the platform Cities For Global Health promoted by Metropolis, UCLG, ALLAS and Barcelona City Council.

 

In particular, participants were able to learn about experiences of tactical urbanism from representatives from Guatemala, Metropolitan Area of Barcelona, Medellín and Mexico City. 

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This webinar consisted in the identification of innovative experiences where tactical urbanism has been applied as a municipal action instrument to break the expansion of COVID-19 while contributing to the systematization of municipal experiences to be included in the platform Cities For Global Health promoted by Metropolis, UCLG, ALLAS and Barcelona City Council.

 

In particular, participants were able to learn about experiences of tactical urbanism from representatives from Guatemala, Metropolitan Area of Barcelona, Medellín and Mexico City. 

 

 

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Video of the session 

Speakers
  • Octavi de la Varga, Secretary General of Metropolis
  • Carlos Soberanis, Emilio Vargas y José Miguel Benitez, Urban Planning Department, Guatemala City
  • Silvia Casorran, Head of the Bicycle Office, Metropolitan Area of Barcelona
  • Nicolás Rivillas, Assistant Manager of Design and Innovation of the Urban Development Company of Medellin
  • Constanza Delón Córdoba, Secretariat for Mobility, Mexico City
  • Diana Lopez Caramazana, Partnership Specialist, Cities and Urbanization, UNDP
Location
Online
Session date
End date
Topic
Public space and Housing
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  • “Tactical urbanism and ‘restructured urban planning’ can coexist and communicate with each other.”
    Silvia Casorran, Head of the Bicycle Office, Metropolitan Area of Barcelona
  • “We develop very simple projects. Many of the elements we use are recycled, and this makes the process faster.”
    Constanza Delón Córdoba, Secretariat for Mobility, Mexico City
  • “Cities are spaces where everything is interconnected, systems of communicating vessels that need a holistic vision to design responses to urban challenges and ensure a better quality of life.”
    Diana Lopez Caramazana, Partnership Specialist for the “Cities and Urbanisation” programme at UNDP