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Sunday Video: Why Fixing Slums Is Key to the Future of Cities

Stephen Fesler - October 21, 2018

In this video, RetroReport looks at slums and why fixing them is the key to cities in the future. To illustrate their point, they use Medellin, Colombia, which used gondolas to tie in outlying mountainside barrios to the transit network. Better access to social services and job opportunities in the city center helped lift these communities out of cycles of poverty and crime.