2015年2月21日 · The slums march ever further up the mountains, separate and yet connected through the wondrous cable cars; the single most important change in Medellin for years. For those wanting to journey into the slums of Medellin, you may be surprised at what you find; a curious yet welcoming and extremely open community; it may well change how you feel ...

2016年2月14日 · Medellin was once famous for drugs and the drug lord, Pablo Escobar. It had a reputation for murder and bombings until the city started a cleanup drive in the 1990s. The city has since transformed itself and one can see its positive …

2020年10月16日 · In Colombia, guerrilla wars that started in 1964 displaced thousands of people. The result was that many settled into slums. One of these slums, Comuna 13, lies in the city of Medellín, Colombia. During the next 40 years, the population in Medellín grew from 350,000 to 3 million, vastly decreasing the available living space.

2021年10月29日 · In the 1980s and 1990s, Medellín was in the grip of a bloody battle between drugs cartels, the most notorious of which was led by Pablo Escobar. In Moravia, rival gangs and armed groups recruited...

2022年11月15日 · High on the mountain in Medellín you will find the widely known slums or disadvantaged neighborhoods. Where whole families live close together in poverty-stricken conditions. Often fled for rural violence. Displaced with a few clothes, they find a cottage high on the mountain, where the situation is often not much better.

The slums march ever further up the mountains, separate and yet connected through the wondrous cable cars; the single most important change in Medellin for years. For those wanting to journey into the slums of Medellin, you may be surprised at what you find; a curious yet welcoming and extremely open community; it may well change how you feel ...

2023年7月7日 · The main warning of the Medellin Social Urbanism case's dangers is to misunderstand its real process and contributions. The failed project of the greenbelt in Medellin demonstrates such incapacity to understand the value of the infrastructure projects and how it needs to relate to the marginal communities where these projects are located.

2019年5月8日 · Medellin used to be one of the world's most dangerous cities, with a sprawling network of slums and a serious crime problem fueled by drug trafficking. During the 1990s, there was a dramatic ...

Get away from westernized touristy sections of the city and discover average Colombian barrios where authentic natives enjoy the top of the line infrastructure such as the San Javier cable car and the newly renovated slum Comuna 13 which possesses the most exclusive electrical escalator in America.

2024年8月23日 · Understanding the long-term impacts of interventions like Medellín’s slum upgrading program is crucial for informing future policies aimed at building resilience in vulnerable communities. In conclusion, my research this summer has reinforced the importance of integrating disaster risk reduction into urban development policies, especially in ...