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Invisible Walls: The Hyper-Density of Colombian Cities and What It Means to You, by Simon Gaviria

04.22.19

This article appears in the Spring 2019 edition of the Latin America Policy Journal released in April 2019. You can order the edition here. Bogota is 13 times denser than New York City.[1] Colombian cities are 100 percent denser than the global average and 126 percent denser than cities in Latin America.[2] Until now, the consensus […]

Latin American Cities in the Fourth Industrial Revolution: The Potential and Social Risks of Smart-Cities Technologies, by Beatriz Botero Arcila

04.17.19

This article appears in the Spring 2019 edition of the Latin America Policy Journal released in April 2019. You can order the edition here.   Abstract In the wake of the implementation of smart-city technologies in Latin American cities, this article reviews both their potential for making municipal administration and local service delivery more efficient and […]

(Un)smart Barrios. Should the implementation of Smart Cities be supported in Latin America? by Jennifer Bui

12.3.18

Imagine a modern city of sleek infrastructure offering the latest technological amenities for its citizens such as sensor crosswalks, free internet, electric traffic monitors, and other futuristic features. This vision of utopia is slowly, but steadily, coming into fruition in several urban cities, most notably in Singapore, Seoul, and New York. Plans to integrate smart […]

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