The transformation of Medellin into a ‘City for Life
’ Insights for Healthy Cities
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23153646 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jason Corburn (0000-0002-2160-348X, University of California, Berkeley, corresponding author), Marisa Ruiz Asari (University of California, Berkeley), Jorge Pérez Jamarillo (Universidad Santo Tomás), Aníbal Gaviria |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 13-24 |
| Publication date | 2020-01-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Cities & Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2374-8834 • E-ISSN: 2374-8842 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/23748834.2019.1592735 |
| OpenAlex | W2943290498 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 10 |
Medellín, Colombia, managed to turn itself from one of the most violent and unequal places in the world to a more safe, inclusive and healthy city. Medellín is recognized for this transformation and its innovative city planning, design and development. This paper highlights some of the key drivers behind Medellín’s transformation and the lessons these factors have for other cities seeking to reduce inequality and violence. We combine one-on-one interviews with key stakeholders involved in Medellín’s transformation, with reviews of archival documents, media content analyses and ideas revealed during a six-month seminar on the transformation of Medellín held at the University of California, Berkeley, in 2017. We suggest that a set of inter-related factors, from civil society mobilization, to urban governance reforms to public space investments in the poorest neighborhoods, combined to help transform Medellín’s built, social, natural, political and economic environments. While the transformation of Medellín may be ongoing and incomplete, we suggest that the factors analyzed here offer insights for planning more healthy and equitable cities globally.
Civil engineering · Civil society · Corporate governance · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Inequality · Management · Political science · Politics · Public space · Set (abstract data type) · Social change · Social transformation · Sociology · Space (punctuation) · Transformation (genetics) · Urban planning · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance · Engineering · Latin American Urban Studies · Urban and Rural Development Challenges
From the Medellín miracle to the postponed city
Learning from Mistakes
Urban stream daylighting as a nature-based solution
Innovation resistance and mobile banking in rural Colombia
Toward supported self-provisioning
Neoliberal Agendas in English Language Education in Urban Latin America
Land policies for landslide risk reduction in Andean cities
Social Urbanism and the Politics of Violence
Equitable planning through territories of exception
Mobility innovation at the urban margins
The Dilemmas of Equity Planning in the Global South
Does participation empower? The example of women involved in participatory budgeting in Medellin
Reinvención de Medellín
Securing the global city
Urban Governance and Economic Development in Medellín
| Citations per year | 1.17 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Highly cited | No |