| Sound Practices for Quito |
Description |
Primary Category |
| Cotopaxi Plan |
The Ecuadorian landscape is characterized by the presence of important active volcanoes located in the so-called Inter Andean Corridor. |
Community Awareness |
| Flooding and Landslide Risk Reduction |
Latin America is one of the most urbanized regions in the world and most of its cities lack effective urban planning. |
Technical |
| Healthy Schools |
The concept of growing and living in a safe, secure and healthy environment is not always a condition that most of Ecuadorian families are aware of. |
Community Awareness |
| Rain and Fire Plans |
The rain plan’s main objective is to control and reduce the number of potential flooding zones in the city. |
Organization-Managerial |
| Risk Information System: A Decision Making Tool |
The practice is a research aiming at providing useful information to the city decision-makers in order to promote preventive policies for urban planning and emergency/crisis management. |
Planning |
