Hardoy, Jorgelina  <br/><br/>
Participatory planning for climate resilient and inclusive urban development in Dosquebradas, Santa Ana and Santa Tomé/ 

 -  Sage,  2019. 
 - Vol 31, issue 1, 2019 : (33-52 p.). 
<br/><br/> Urban governments need to take actions to reduce disaster risks and incorporate climate resilience into their development strategies and plans. But most local governments, particularly small- and medium-sized cities in the global South, lack the knowledge and capacity to do so. This paper presents the findings from a project that engaged local governments and other key stakeholders to develop a participatory planning process for climate resilient and inclusive urban development. The project took place in three small- to medium-sized Latin American cities: Dosquebradas, Colombia; Santa Ana, El Salvador; and Santo Tomé, Argentina.<br/><br/>By engaging government officials and politicians, academics, technical specialists, and representatives of civil society organizations in interviews, workshops and focus group discussions, this project sought to identify a range of feasible options for climate resilient and inclusive urban development. In each city, this process provided rich, context-specific details to identify strategies and plan projects with the buy-in of city government and other key actors. The overall goal was to bring in a resilience lens to assess current and planned urban development projects in each city and reach a consensus on feasible and inclusive resilience options for development. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Argentina,<br/> climate resilience, <br/>Colombia,<br/> disaster risk reduction,<br/> El Salvador,<br/> inclusive urban development,<br/> Latin America, <br/>participatory planning