Our Cities, Our Future - Americas Quarterly

Articles:

Extreme Sustainable City Makeover: New York
by Michael Sorkin
How to make a city self-sufficient, neighborhood by neighborhood.
Full text available.
National to City, Diagnosis to Funding
by Ellis J. Juan
The IDB tackles climate change at the municipal level.
Full text available.
From “Make-Sicko” back to Mexico City: The Greening of Mexico’s Distrito Federal
by Marcelo Ebrard
A former mayor chronicles the greening of Mexico's Distrito Federal.
Full text available.
A Tale of Two Cities: Bogotá
by Sibylla Brodzinsky
Has corruption undermined one of the region's leaders in sustainability and the benefits the policies have brought to the city's poor?
Full text available.
A Tale of Two Cities: Curitiba
by Flora Charner
Brazil's (and the region's) leader in sustainability is making new strides, but some of the city's first successes are under strain.
Full text available.
How Do We Make Sustainable Cities Sustainable Policies?
by Hannah Thonet
Can green policies survive across municipal administrations?
Rethinking Buildings
by Bruce Schlein
A different way to look at resource and waste management.
Safe Streets, Safe Cities
by Dr. Nancy E. Brune
Across Latin America, military-led anticrime strategies are losing ground to newer concepts such as community policing.
NAFTA @20: Where We Go From Here
by Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de Léon
The North American Free Trade Agreement created more jobs for Mexicans, but it was only a start.
Full text available.
NAFTA @20: The Perils of Partisanship
by Thomas F. McLarty III
North Americans now overwhelmingly support NAFTA, so why can't their governments move toward further integration?
Full text available.
NAFTA@20: A Bittersweet Celebration
by Carol Wise and Joshua Tuynman
After taking a beating from China, Mexico's exports are beginning to compete.
Full text available.
Inroads or Detours in the Drug Debate?
by Bernardo J. Rico
Decriminalization or depenalization will do nothing to halt drug-related violence.
Full text available.
Ask the Experts: Sustainable Cities
by Sergio Fajardo Valderrama, Sérgio Cabral , Dr. Fran Tonkiss and Anne Palmer
How can sustainable cities serve the working poor?
Full text available.

Charticles:

Sustainability? Yeah, We've Got a Lot of Apps for That

by Adam Frankel
Cool apps for the environmentally aware (and socially responsible) city dweller.
What Cities Are Doing What
From reducing carbon emissions to improving governance, the cities in our hemisphere that are doing it best.

Departments:

Celebrating Afro-Peruvian culture through dance — Bringing essential services to Detroit — Creating a global market for Guatemalan weavers — Bringing education to Chile's Indigenous people. (videos available)
Full text available.

Our lead editorial View PDF Past Issues