The project was based on increasing resilience at the local neighbourhood level and rooted in the importance of citizen participation and dialogue between community, government and academia. The overall goal of this collaboration was to increase knowledge and reduce disaster risk, which lead to identifying mitigation works and an early warning system. 

Drawing on lessons from a pilot experience in a single small informal settlement in Medellin, Colombia, this research project evaluated the use of community-based participatory monitoring and mitigation of landslide risk across the city in Medellin, as well as in another city within a different Latin American country – São Paulo in Brazil.

This project aimed to explore whether smart city approaches to urban development effectively address the most pressing issues that vulnerable communities face, focusing on the case of Medellín, Colombia.

The aim of this project was to identify climate change-related challenges and possible 'smart city' strategies, through implementing an interactive dialogue between community members, government institutions, NGOs, private businesses and other stakeholders in Mexico.

This research project aimed to explore the scope for, and acceptability of, landslide risk-reducing strategies for informal settlements from the community and state perspectives.

This research project asks how and to what extent urban innovation in Medellin, Colombia is contributing to an improvement to social equity and welfare in the city.