(22 August 2013) At a seminar held today at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile, authorities and experts discussed the public policies needed to build smart cities that will improve the quality of life of citizens in Chile and the rest of Latin America and the Caribbean.
The Smart Cities Summit 2013 - Building the cities of tomorrow, today was organized by ECLAC and the País Digital Foundation, with the support of the Government of Chile. It brought together authorities, international officials, academics and private-sector…
(22 de agosto, 2013) Autoridades y expertos reunidos hoy en un seminario en la sede de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) en Santiago, Chile, debatieron sobre las políticas públicas necesarias para construir ciudades inteligentes que permitan mejorar la calidad de vida de los ciudadanos tanto en Chile como en el resto de América Latina y el Caribe.
El evento denominado Smart Cities Summit 2013. Construyendo hoy las ciudades del mañana fue organizado por la CEPAL y la Fundación País Digital, con el apoyo del Gobierno de Chile. Reunió a autoridades, funcionarios intern…
Waste management is one of the least recognized public policy issues in the Caribbean. Quite apart from the obvious physical unattractiveness of the business, waste management often competes with more pressing economic and social issues such as fiscal and trade matters, unemployment and poverty, education and health, and crime and security. Even within the domain of environmental sustainability, the management of waste has had to play second fiddle to more apparently manifest challenges such as land and coastal degradation, biodiversity loss, and climate change. Waste management, however, rema…
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