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Global Modern Cities: Latin America

Bogota

The Air Quality Crisis in Bogota is an Opportunity to Rethink Urban Development
From The O'Neill Institute for National & Global Health Law, Georgetown University School of Law
Bogota is on a Mission to Become a More Sustainable City
From gb&d (Green Building & Design) Magazine
Bogota Population 2021
From World Population Review
Dying for a Breath of Bogota Air
From The City Paper
Poverty and Inequality in Colombia
From Colombia Reports
Quality of Life in Bogota
From Invest in Bogota

Rio de Janeiro

7 Major Environmental Issues Already Spoiling the Rio Olympics
From EcoWatch
Data Favela Study: 80% of Favela Families Are Living on Less than Half of Their Pre-Pandemic Income
From Rio On Watch
More than 50 Million Brazilians Living Below Poverty Line
From the Rio Times
Rio de Janeiro Population 2021
From World Population Review
Rio On Watch
Community reporting on issues in Rio de Janeiro such as education, health, sanitation, communities, and sustainability.
Waves of Trash Expose Rio's Environmental Deterioration
From Agencia EFE, a Spanish international news agency

Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires
From the Atlas of Urban Expansion
Buenos Aires: Urban Regeneration
From the World Bank
Buenos Aires Population 2021
From World Population Review
A Look at the Faces of Argentina's Poor
Photo essay from the Associated Press
Mapping Displacement and Gentrification in Buenos Aires
From the Urban Displacement Project
Urban Dynamics and Regional Development in Argentina
From Urban Planning Against Poverty
What kind of global city? Circulating policies for ‘slum’ upgrading in the making of world-class Buenos Aires
From Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space

Sao Paulo

Brazil's impossible city: for the first time in history, a majority of the world's population now lives in cities. In the developing world, the names of vast new megacities--Dhaka, Lagos, Calcutta, Jakarta--are synonymous with human misery. But Sao Paulo
From The Wilson Quarterly, Academic OneFile
Brazil Quality of Life
From the Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Better Life Index
Living in Sao Paulo
From BBC News
Revamping Favelas: Top Ten Facts about Poverty in Sao Paulo
From The Borgen Project
Sao Paulo Population 2021
From the World Population Review
Taps Start to Run Dry in Brazil's Largest City
From the New York Times

Mexico City

Coronavirus leaves record 45% of population in poverty, up from 36% in January
From Mexico News Daily
How Mexico City is Fighting Climate Change and Creating Bankable Opportunities
From the World Bank
Mexico City
From Unequal Scenes, a project using drone photography to highlight urban centers and inequities.
Mexico City Population 2021
From World Population Review
Mexico Quality of Life
From the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Better Life Index

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