Urban Planning as a Tool to Foster Sustainable Development Across the Americas
As Latin American countries experience continued growth and urbanization, there is a realization of the need for integrated, humanistic, and climate-proof planning. Virtually every city in Latin America and the Caribbean is in need of comprehensive planning to address the challenges of energy production, natural disasters, and climate change.
Recognizing these challenges, United States President Barack Obama proposed the Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas (ECPA) at the 2009 Summit of the Americas in Trinidad and Tobago, and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton expanded the initiative at the Energy and Climate Ministerial of the Americas in April 2010. ECPA seeks to encourage the broader use of renewable energy, manage forests sustainability, improve land use, and encourage low-carbon growth and climate change adaptation throughout the Americas and Caribbean.
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ECPA Urban Planning Initiative
Events and Activities
From the Experts
Ana Marie Argilagos, Deputy Assistant Secretary for International and Philanthropic Innovation, U.S. HUD
Patricia E. Salkin, Esq., Associate Dean and Director of the Government Law Center of Albany Law School
Cid Blanco Jr., Coordinator of Cultural Infrastructure, Executive Secretariat of the Ministry of Culture of Brazil
Nicolás Maggio, president and founder, FOVISEE (Social Housing and Energy Effi ciency Forum)
Georges C. Benjamin, executive director, American Public Health Association
Sustainable Urban Housing
Collaborating for Livable and Inclusive Cities
ECPA Call for Essays Honorees
Mobilizing the Citizens of our Climate-Disrupted Planet
Nicole Lee
A Spectrum of Development Barriers + Planning Responses: Engaging Governance, Landscape, Infrastructure, Housing, and the Public for Sustainable Development in the Americas and the Caribbean
Andreea Ioana Pantor
Mercúrio and the Tower of David
Why Cities Must Make Room for the Working Poor
Sustainable Cities are Economic Engines
Engagement and Resources