289. City Resilience in Colombia - Santiago Uribe Rocha

<p>Santiago Uribe Rocha (Chief Resilient Officer of Medellin, Colombia)</p><br><p>As Executive Director at Medellín Resilience Office Corporation, Santiago Uribe Rocha’s work focuses on neighborhood transformations, violence prevention, and urban renovations. He is particularly passionate about urban participatory planning and local communities’ engagement. Santiago wants to excite as many local stakeholders as possible for the decision-making process and values co-operation in designing and implementing programs, activities, public policies, and the infrastructure of Medellín.</p><br><p>I asked him the following questions:</p><p>-Why do cities need to do urban participatory planning and local communities’ engagement? What do they gain?</p><p>-Tell us about projects that you work with on neighborhood transformation in Colombia, violence prevention, and urban renovations.</p><p>-How did one of the most dangerous and criminal cities in the world Medellín (A city in Colombia)&nbsp;become so peaceful?</p><br><p>In collaboration with</p><p>-<a href="https://h22.se/en/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">H22 City Expo</a> at Helsingborg. The Making of a Smarter City.</p><p>-<a href="https://urban-future.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Urban Future</a> Global Conference</p><p>-<a href="https://afry.com/en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">AFRY</a>. AFRY is an international engineering and design company providing sustainable solutions in the fields of energy, industry, and infrastructure.</p><br><p>Enjoy your listening. Let's connect and talk further about this episode</p><p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/mustafa-sherif/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Mustafa Sherif Linkedin</a></p><br><p>Visit&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://mustafasherif.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Mustafasherif.com</a>&nbsp;for collaborations and nominations or just email me at&nbsp;<a href="mailto:info@mustafasherif.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">info@mustafasherif.com