Medellin: Urban Innovation and Social Resilience
June 16, 2016
Medellin is one of the most innovative cities in the world and Latin America. To achieve this, the city focused on two themes: innovation in urban development and social resilience. In the last 20 years, the city went from being the city with the highest levels of violence to be a city for life. Anibal Gaviria, former Mayor of Medellin, explains how this was achieved
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