The New Urban Agenda adopted at the United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat III) as well as the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030 seek to achieve inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable cities (UN, 2015). Among the urban development strategies available are the recovery of degraded urban areas. The recovery of these areas contributes to urban sustainability and inclusion by promoting the use of economic advantages and of central location and access to urban infrastructure systems already in place. To achieve these objectives a comprehensive approach is required.

This brainstorming workshop taking place at Montevideo, Uruguay, 13-14 February 2019, will focus on these areas of action through the exploration of relevant case studies for Uruguay as part of the Integral Transformation Program of the Pantanoso river basin (PTICP).

International experts together with local technical teams will review and propose actions for the strategy of integral action within the parameters already established for the PTICP, a program of recovery of a degraded area of the city where 15% of the population of the department of Montevideo resides, mostly of low income.

For more info about the international workshop and participants, visit the workshop website