In the following we present an interesting article, originally posted in English in the blog Shareable cities.
Enrique Penalosa was the mayor of Bogot, the capital city of Colombia. From his political experience, which lasted till 2001, he drew interesting conclusions, which he is now sharing all over the world; the core of his message is about improving the quality of life for everyone living in  cities today.

Thanks to the successes of his political mandate, Penalosa stands as a beacon of hope for cities of the developing world, which with their poverty and immense problems will absorb much of the world’s population growth over the next half-century.

That is why Penalosa uses phrases like “quality of life” or “social justice”, to describe his agenda of offering poor people first-rate government services and pleasant public places; these are just some examples of a much more complex project, which aims at making happiness a common good, acccessible to everybody.

Read the entire article

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