Blogs

Many transitional cities have worked hard to develop planning tools that make a difference in citizens lives. Santiago Mejía-Dugand investigates Medellín's plans to become fully aligned with global sustainability agendas.

Over 120 years after the plague epidemic, the topography of the city still shapes land-use planning and reflects ongoing inequalities.

Venezuelan migrants in Medellin share precarious living conditions with displaced Colombians in marginal settlements. Edwar Calderón looks at their 'rights to the city'.

Informal workers are less likely to be vaccinated due to multiple barriers in the existing vaccination strategy warns Divya Ravindranath and Vikas Kumar

While the pandemic temporarily cleared the skies, it offered one of the best glimpses of what a pollution-free future could look like and introduced us to urban air quality economics.

PEAK Urban researchers share insights on how city transport can recover more equitably and sustainably than before.

As cities navigate how to revive their economy while curbing the spread of coronavirus, understanding how and why restrictions work is critical, says Samuel Heroy.

Edwar Calderón explains the challenges ahead for the new Temporary Statute of Protection for Venezuelan Migrants in Colombia.

Juan Carlos Duque takes stock of the PEAK Colombian teams successes so far and what more can be achieved in our final year.

Anthropologist Bhawani Buswala investigates the long-term impacts of COVID on rickshaw drivers in Delhi

Rosaleen Cunningham hears from PEAK colleagues about their current favourite urban reads.

Sylvia Croese explains efforts to adress the lack of data available to inform the kind of decisions that would make cities more inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable.