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QUALIFICATIONS SUMMARY Climatic change, energy use and water resources are global and local issues which will have a major impact upon the built and non-built environment. The management, growth; planning and redesign of urban areas require the consideration of climate change impacts as essential components of urban development. Carlos H Betancourth is committed to creating resilient cities through the combination of layers of eco-infrastructures (sustainable and productive landscapes) and feed-back loop urbanisms (that integrate multimodal mobility, multiple land uses, and renewable energy development) through the development of participatory urban re-design solutions

EXPERIENCE

International Independent Consultant -Various Locations. 2003-Present

STRATEGIC URBAN AND INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING Adaptation Services

January 2014- Technical proposal, river basin planning and flood risk management Cauca River. With CITCE, Universidad del valle, CVC. Maria Teresa Arboleda, Cali, Valle, Colombia November 2013-October, 2014 A strategic plan as a tissue of multifunctional eco-infrastructures for the remaking of the resilient urban archipielago: the case of Belize City. To be presented at the conference ‘Island Cities and Urban Archipelagos’, Copenhagen, October 2014. January 2014 Making the resilient city through multifunctional e-co-infrastructure projects and creative financing. Accepted for presentation at the International Sustainable Built Environment Conference 28-30 January 2014 Intercontinental Doha Doha, Qatar October, 2013-land use regulation in the area of jurisdiction of the CVC (Corporacion Autonoma Regional del Valle del Cauca), With, Jose Maria Borrero, CELA, and the CVC Nov 2013- reunião de trabalho interna reciclar as cidades: resiliência estratégica para o desenvolvimento local e regional sustentável. 25 de Novembro – Juazeiro; 27 de Novembro – Salvador, With, Càtedra UNESCO de Sostenibilitat Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona September 26-28, 2013. Invited guest speaker at The Third Low Carbon Earth Summit-2013, Xi’an, China July, 2013-august. Development of Terms of Reference Document for Local Urban Development Plans and Pre-Investment Strategies The Northern Development Corridor – Haiti. With Government of Haiti (CIAT), Emerging and Sustainable Cities Initiative/The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) July, 2013-October. Preparation of terms of reference for the development of tools to assist in the management of the territory around Caracol Industrial park and technical support to Caracol city. With Government of Haiti (UTE), Emerging and Sustainable Cities Initiative/The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). Review of diverse housing projects linked to the industrial park. With Government of Haiti (FAES), Emerging and Sustainable Cities Initiative/The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)

January 22, 2013- GFA Consulting Group GmbH. Registered as candidate for Project: Economics of Climate Change in Central and West Asia - mitigation component Position: Climate Change Mitigation Specialist and Team leader. Funding Agency: AsDB (Asian Development Bank) Dic 18, 2012- GFA Consulting Group GmbH. Included as part of the group of experts in Expression of Interest for LA-LAM12KfW0471 / 1 / Sustainable and environmental friendly mobility Projects in Latin America ( Focus on Mexico, Colombia, Peru and Brazil) GFA:000024003883 .July 2012-Present Consultant. Preliminary strategic studies for the development of an airport project, Colombia. With J.B. S. May 2012-Present Consultant. Urban design proposal for a 15 hectareas site in downtown Pereira, along the Valley of the Consota river. Colombia. The urban site is re-conceptualized as a tapestry of multifunctional eco-infrastructures for the production of water in the context of the urban watershed and its forests. These tapestry of infrastructures is inhabited by a variety of urban functions

SOCIO-TECHNICAL INNOVATION May 24-2012-Present. Consultant. Proyecto Belém-ue intervencion socio tecnica sostenible en un barrio de belém: “taboquinha ii”, and, “vi.sos: vivienda social sostenible para el reasentamiento de comunidades en zonas de riesgo” . In With, Càtedra UNESCO de Sostenibilitat Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, and, NAEA – Nucleo Altos Estudios Amazonicos Univ. Federal do Para May 24 2012-Present. Consultant. Integrated urban flood risk planning and design. LIFE (the European financial instrument

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for the environment)+ project proposals ("LIFE+ 2012"), with, Càtedra UNESCO de Sostenibilitat Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona and Tecnoma-Typsa Group, Barcelona, Spain 29-31 May, 2012. Making The case for ecological multifunctional urban infrastructures. Presented at The UNESCO Chair in Technologies for Development 2nd international conference on: Technologies for Sustainable Development: A Way to Reduce Poverty? EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland.

STRATEGIC URBAN AND INFRASTRUCTURE MASTER PLANNING March 20, 2012-2014. Selected for the 2011/12 to 2014/15 IndII Consultant Pool (Indonesia Infrastructure Initiative (IndII) Facility. IndII is an Australian Government, AusAID initiative) August 2010-2012. Team leader Belize City Downtown Rehabilitation. With Padeco Co., Ltd. Japan, and The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Mission to Belize. In addition to leading the international team, and to pro-actively engaging the various actors through formal and informal workshops and discussions (including the production of graphic and animated presentations) with key stakeholders, decision-makers and the citizens of Belize City, I contributed the following deliverables:

Production and presentation of master plan graphic and textual narrative to main social actors and stakeholders. Belize City, February 20th-March 06th, 2012

Diagnostic Frameworks and analytical tools: to support the creation of the urban strategies needed to

harvest the benefits of sustainable and inclusive economic growth and poverty reduction through increased urbanization (CHB 2011, Aligning the Strategic master plan for Belize City with the National

Interest and the Business vectors of international development agencies)

Issue papers: urban planning; reinterpreting Belize city historical heritage in the face of its development pressures: water movement and the recovery of the water infrastructure heritage; reinterpreting Belize

city historical heritage in the face of its development pressures: cruise movement and the recovery of the synergies between the city and its harbor heritage

Urban Development Scenarios for Belize City 2010-2030 (CHB 2011, Urban development scenarios)

Strategic master plan process

The key inputs to the master plan process (Evaluation of existing infrastructure projects in terms of their

environmental, social and economic impacts; The mobility skeleton; multiple land uses; flood mitigation

strategies; etc)

The design of the six strategies for urban development in Belize City (Growing the Belize City urban economy; growing a safe urban environment for Belize City downtown; Growing a high quality

environment for Belize City downtown; Growing a mix of housing tenures and choices in Belize City; addressing informal settlements, slum formation, precarious urban conditions and urban poverty in Belize

City; creating synergies between the city management, its finances and governance)

The concept of multifunctional eco-infrastructures and urban ensembles

Integrated area development for the Collet canal urban ensemble (including urban design concepts)

The waterfronts of Belize City(including urban design concepts)

Concept plan for the reclamation of the Belize city river water front

The moving bridge and mouth of the Belize River urban ensemble (including urban design concepts)

The Chetumal street extension planning and urban design concept (including urban design concepts)

The evolution of the Loyola sea-port as a unique opportunity for the rehabilitation of Belize City and

its downtown

Transforming Central American Boulevard from a traffic moving corridor into a high quality surface

multi-way boulevard and its roundabout into a wet park

Draft institutional strategies to address the ambiguity and confusion over the roles and mandates of

national, state and local government actors in the delivery of services at the local level

Cultural Identity, preservation, conservation and rehabilitation of Belize City downtown

The question of heritage preservation in Belize City

RISK AND CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION PLANNING April, 2012- Strengthening Climate Change Adaptation in Latin American and Caribbean Cities. Proposal submitted for consideration to the World Bank. With, ICMA, Washington, D.C. April, 2012- Social Innovation and Appropriate Technologies for Sustainable Water Management in Semi-arid Regions. Presented for consideration to The European Commission CORDIS. Seventh Framework Programme; Collaborative Projects. With, Prof. Jordi Morató, Càtedra UNESCO de Sostenibilitat Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona (SPAIN) April, 2012-Improving resource Efficiency: Innovative resource efficient technologies, processes and services. Resource efficiency multifunctional urban infrastructures. Presented for consideration to The European Commission CORDIS. Seventh Framework Programme; Collaborative Projects. With, Prof. Jordi Morató, Càtedra UNESCO de Sostenibilitat Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona (SPAIN) C. H. Betancourth. June 15 2010-2011. Eco-infrastructures, Feedback Loop urbanisms and networks of independent Zero carbon settlements, In, Eco-City Planning, Policies, Practice and Design. Ed. By Tai-Chee Wong and Belinda Yuen. Springer, in association with The Singapore Institute of Planners, Heidelberg and Singapore. 2011

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November , 2010-January 2011. Creating Secure Urbanities: The City As a Tapestry Of Layers Of Eco-Infrastructures. Speaker at Next generation infrastructure systems for eco-cities to be held in Shenzhen, China. Published in published on IEEE explore.http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/mostRecentIssue.jsp?punumber=5673707 October 14-15, 2010- Climate change and Latin American cities. Speaker at Latin America 2010. October 14-15, 2010. SIPA., Columbia University, NYC, New York. July 6-7, 2010. Guest Jury METROPOLIS Masters and Graduate Program in Architecture and Urban Culture BARCELONA. With, Juan Carlos Sánchez Tappan July 1, 2010. From “slum” to a living lab of ecoinfrastructure landscapes. Competition entry for the international competition Delta City of the future organized by Unesco. Rotterdam, The Netherlands. June 15, 2010. Creating secure urbanities: The city as a weave of ecoinfrastructures. Accepted for presentation at The international conference Deltas in Times of Climate Change. Rotterdam, The Netherlands. 27 September-1 october 2010 April 2010-Research Proposal Climate change and social cohesion. Submitted for considetarion to the Oficina de coordinación y orientación del Programa URB-AL III. La Diputación de Barcelona. With the Catedra Unesco de Sostenibilitat. Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya. Barcelona. Jordi Morat March 2010- Consultant. Proposal Comprehensive Transportation Corridor Study and Plan for NM502 Los Alamos New Mexico. With DHM Design Durango, CO. Second Prize March 2010- Consultant. Sustainable urban Master Planning for the resilient city. Proposal for the Feasibility Study pertaining to the Revitalization and Urban Integration of the Port Area of Valongo, Santos, Brazil. UN-Studio. Amsterdam. Second Prize March 2010-Proposal Adaptation Planning for the City of Terrasa, cataluyna Spain. With the Catedra Unesco de Sostenibilitat. Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya. Barcelona. Jordi Morato March 1 2010. Secure Urbanities through eco-infrastructures, feedback loop urbanisms and networks of zero-carbon settlements: a proposal for sustainable urban extensions. Presentation to the Secretary of city planning, Javier Muton, City of Cartagena Colombia February 2010 Director Taller de diseno integrado e integral para la creacion de nuevas formas urbanas capaces de generar calidad de vida y de responder a las presiones del cambio climatico, la escaces de recursos y la pobreza energetica. Ciudad de Merida, Yucatan, Mexico. Antonio Morales. SEDUMA/Yucatan

February 2010-proposal for adapting the coastal zone, its communities, cities and infrastructures to climate change. The State of Yucatan (Mexico) climate change action plan. Planning, designing and building the resilient coastal city in

the state of Yucatan. Director, Eduardo.Batllori. SEDUMA/Yucatan-USAID February-March 2010. Proposed as a team leader for the bid for the master plan Belize downtown. With Padeco Co., Ltd. Japan. Kyle DuPont. We received the first place

February 1 2010. Secure Urbanities through eco-infrastructures, feedback loop urbanisms and networks of zero-carbon settlements: a proposal to re-structure the in-formal city. Presentation to the General Secretary, Mayor City of Cartagena, Alicia Saenz, City of Cartagena Colombia January 2010-Urban Sustainable water management. Workshop Medellin Colombia October. Catedra Unesco de Sostenibilitat. Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya. Barcelona. With Jordi Morat Dec 2009- Business plans solar farms. With Girasol (M.M C.). Barcelona . October 2009-Present: Transforming slums into sustainable neighborhoods. With MetropolisGlobal. Various Locations February 8 a 9 – International Workshop Madrid Global. February 15 a 16 – Workshop Cartagena Colombia Fundación Santo Domingo February 18 a 27 – Directed Workshop City of the future Merida, Yucatán Mexico (Merida downtown renaissance; urban extension Merida south; eco-infrastructures for climate change adaptation (Progreso Yucatan). August 2009-Present: International workshop Cities and Climate Change. the Andes University/CIDER. Bogota Colombia.With Andrea Lampis.

ENVIRONMENTAL CONFLICT RESOLUTION THROUGH PROJECT RE-DESIGN

October 2008-2010. Advisor OMCED on environmental conflict resolution through project redesign. Peace University/Centro Mundial Para la resolución de conflictos (CMSC)/OmCed. Bogota, Colombia. Projects included: methodology for addressing the tensión between mega projects for economic development and environmental resources; Creating zer0-carbon settlements as a way to solve the housing problem of displaced peoples; generate employment and develop mitigation and adaptation responses to climate change. October 16 2009. Guest Foro Nacional sobre Cambio Climático: hacia Copenhague, estado de la negociación y la participación de

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Colombia. Universidad de Los Andes. Bogota, Colombia November 04-05. 2009. Presentation “Creating eco-infrastructures and energy independent zero carbon settlements for sustainable development and climate change mitigation’. Second International Conference “Energy and Climate. New Priorities” 2009. Sofia Bulgaria. Octubre 25-29. 2009. Presentation “The ecological security of cities: A new agenda for action, policy and research on urban growth and development” First International Conference on sustainable cities. Morelia Michoacan Mexico. September 2009. Presentation “A tool for local governments and their stakeholders to address climate change impacts in their cities”. VIII Seminario de Investigacion Urbano Regional ACIUR. 28-30 Septiembre Bogota, Colombia. August 2009-Present Proposal metodológy for the development of a Social Housing national megaproject Navarro Eco-city Cali-Valle del Cauca. With Fundacion Bambu (Arch. Simon Velez) August 2009. Working Through International cooperation in the search for adaptation responses to climate change. Proposal Dutch International Cooperation (JP) August 2009 ASI: A model sustainable community settlement for the implementation of renewable energies. Proposal OMCED, Colombia

August 2009 Creating zero-carbon settlements as a strategy for addressing the “desplazados” housing and employment problem. Project Proposal Dutch International cooperation. Colombia (JP) August 2009 Creating renewable and solar energy markets through re-design (technical and financial models) Project proposal Dutch International cooperation. Colombia (JP) August2009. Proposal solar energy project. With Foundation Mano-Cambiada, Nuqui Choco June 2009. Managing new urban environmental conflicts through an integral approach that re-orients the management growth development planning and design of the city to resource constraint and climate change impacts. With Eco-progreso, Cartagena, Colombia June 28-30 2009. Urban responses to climate change: Creating secure urbanities through eco-infrastructures; self-enclosed spaces and networks of zero-carbon settlements: the case of Cartagena, Colombia. World Bank, Fifth Urban Research Symposium, Marseille, France. Case study 1: upgrading a slum while adapting to climate change. Case study 2: incorporating climate change impacts in the design and planning of a sustainable urban extension January 2009 Climate change national environmental policy and urban environmental policy, Colombia. Fundacion Carlos Lleras Restrepo January 2009 Proposal sustainable urban extension Sincelejo, Colombia. Alvaro Romero Uribe January 2009 Proposal mega-park Cienega de la Virgen Cartagena, Colombia. Ecotopia

January 2009 Creating markets for renewable energy in Colombia through the integration of mobility, multiple land

uses and energy independent settlements. Presentacion (IPSE)/Ecotopia Nov 16-19 2008. Co-generating multiple stakeholder reception of renewable energy projects. Presented at the 2008 Behavior, Energy and Climate Change Conference, Nov 16-19 Sacramento CA. With Marstel-Day October 2008 Conceptual framework for balancing through re-design the demands of infrastructural mega-projects and the demands of conservation. Peace University/OmCed Centro Internacional para la Resolucion de Conflictos. Bogota, Colombia Septiembre 2008. Proposed as a team leader for the bid for the Development Plan for Ahmedabad – Dholera Investment Region in Gujarat sub-region of DMIC, India. Con Padeco. Co., Ltd. Japan September 2008 Proposal Vision for the sustainable urban development of La Cienega de La Virgen through the layering of infrastructures. Eco-topia Bogota, Colombia September 2008 Transforming military bases located inside cities into great living and working environments. Presented to the Colombian Ministry of Defense, with Eco-topia. Bogota, Colombia September 2008-Trains and the city. Eco-topia. Bogota, Colombia September 2008- Solar Home (Sanint Family). Eco-topia. Bogota, Colombia July 2008. Proposed as a team leader for the bid for the Preparation of Perspective Plan for overall DMIC Region, India. With Padeco. Co., Ltd. Japan October 2007-Dec 2008. Developing Encroachment Control Plans (DoD). Marstel-Day. Washington DC

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July 2007-2009. Developing a town center for the City of Bloomfield. Development framework; master plan concept; design code.

New Mexico Department of Finance, City of Bloomfield

July 2007-2009. Developing a design code for North Main Extension the City of Aztec. Development framework; master plan concept; design code. New Mexico Department of Finance, City of Aztec January-April 2008. The Boao resort Town Project. Hainan China. Sustainable tourism for the Chinese urban mega-regions in the South China Sea Islands terrestrial eco-region. Elaborated strategic long term development vision and the urban-design concepts of a resort city of networked floating towns integrated with their rural landscape and local communities; a series of car free hill, river and beach towns in an un-spoilt setting of forests, meadows river gorges and beaches; a resort town of four villages in harmony with nature. OPA International Mei-June2007. From Regional to global city: The case of Houston. Creating Innovative Infrastructure landscapes (as networked financial products). Morris Architects Mei 2007. Alternative Thinking as a Prelude to Formulating New Policies for Sustainable Economic Growth and Poverty Alleviation. Creating New Nodal Spaces of Global Articulation. Concurso de Investigación · Fondo Germán Botero de los Ríos Fedesarrollo · Convocatoria 2007

July 2007-2009 Transportation and Land Use Code City of Aztec Livability Grant by the New Mexico Department of Finance February 2006-08 Transportation Planner-urban design Integrating Transportation Planning and Land Use through Urban Design for the Making of High quality

small towns and Suburbs

City of Aztec-New Mexico

Developing a civic highway: celebrating civitas, community and public value in mobility.

Arterial commercial strips like Highway NM516 are difficult environments in which to introduce a civic design order. No precedents or models yet exist to show how such a renovation might be undertaken. Developing a Civic Highway explores a range of solutions, from the easy to the difficult, allowing The City of Aztec to incrementally address and redesign the Highway environment. The study is presented first, as a logic decision-making framework for incorporating social, economic, cultural, environmental, and quality of life factors and impacts into transportation investment decision making, planning and design. These impacts are then taken as meaningful part of the solution-generating process not as an addition or after the fact steps. Second, the study is also presented as a self-directed civic design manual to facilitate community participation. One very promising potential lies in how Aztec might shape the proposed State Highway to be a “great street” servicing the community. Most of all, this study gives Aztec the organizational tools to take charge of the design of its streets; its largest community land holdings. My responsibilities included: design and management of the decision making framework (that includes: evaluation of previous alternatives, definition of city qualities and community values, envisioning process, design of alternatives) through a participatory process. I am also in charge of research, analysis and elaboration of the concept-design for the entire highway and its surrounding environments. This concept combines, transport and land use through urban design. I have elaborated this concept through visual and textual documents. I have presented these materials in public meetings to city and state officials, the community and a variety of stakeholders. Produced the the Synthesis Report for this Project

Demostration projects-Development Frameworks and master plans. Worked on the design of tools for the implementation of the vision for a multimodal corridor (a transportation market characterized by diversity and choice) for a multimodal urbanity. These tools include: Development of the concept and proposal for a new circulation pattern and transportation network for the city and its sub-region Development of the concept of non-conventional intersections as a way to add capacity to the NM516 corridor without widening the highway and thus as a way to generate quality in the corridor and the city. This concept is important to balance through-movements, with local traffic and walk-ability on the corridor Development of prototypes of the leaf-intersection model (to be applied to strategic intersections such as NM516 and US 550 as well as NM516 and Light Plant Road (NM 574) The Design of the Freeway Environment Worked on the elaboration of development frameworks, master plans and urban design scenarios for three sub-segments of the above system of highways, arterials and their surrounding environments. This includes the following projects: The highway of happiness: Aztec Creative Commons: Elaboration of a master plan concept for integrating a river, a downtown and a historical site (Aztec Ruins) in a continuum of memory landscapes through a civic highway and a mixture of retail, housing and entertainment

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The highway as habitat: sub-area and network-street plan study (Light Plant Road-NM 574). Corridor sub-segment: The NM516 corridor sub-segment between Oliver Street and Light Plant Road Throughway planning and design: Vision and Master Plan for a relief route (Pathway to the Future). Designing the knowledge base for the public planning and design of a relief route

October 2006 Consultant Discussing urban planning approaches to issues of global urbanization and poverty Rockefeller Foundation-New York City March 29-30, 2006 Speaker Presented a paper entitled: Transformative Transport Projects. The International Conference on Transportation and Economic Development (TED 2006), Peabody Hotel, Little Rock, AR Sept-2005-feb 2006 MPO Planner Evaluated the environmental economic community and cultural impacts of the long range transportation plan for the Farmington Metropolitan Region and proposed alternatives for the plan on the basis of these impacts Metropolitan Planning. Farmington MPO -Farmington-New Mexico 28 August-5 September 2005 Consultant Discussing urban planning futures for Doha-Qatar after the Olympic Asian-Games. The Doha Asian Games Organizing Committee. Doha-Qatar

April-July 2005 Urban Designer Urban Design Proposal for the Future of Parque 93 The Parque de La 93 Committee-Bogota, Colombia Integration of a nearby rural landscape into a dense urban setting

RESEARCH WRITING AND COMMUNICATION April 2005 Consultant Research-writing Disaster and emergency Planning Research and writing on the relevance of the universal story of the flood for contemporary emergency planning. This paper appeared in Archis 2, 2005. It was presented at the Rotterdam Biennal 2005. Archis-Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

March-April- 2005 Master Planning and Urban Design Research and design on the development of alternatives to the traditional subdivisions Developed vision, planning and urban design concepts for the City of Surprise, Phoenix, AZ. Developed vision, planning and urban design concepts for a self sustaining community (E-villages for South of Kamerer, Sacramento, CA) that goes beyond a simple subdivision and aims at the creation of a potent mix of a variety of housing and of a variety of jobs. Proposed the concept of adding value to the golf course of the traditional subdivision by inserting it and connecting it to a system for the management of water in a larger urban and regional context. Forma-Companies-Irvine, CA. USA

March-April 2005 Consultant Research-writing-speaker Research on land development, urban policy and poverty alleviation. Elaborated a draft proposal for a comprehensive urban policy for middle income countries (The case of Colombia). Elaborated a research on the role of over-regulation in creating the inhabitable city and proposed the concept of the open city as a way to create the habitable city. “A blue-print for a comprehensive urban policy for middle income countries (The case of Colombia) appeared in the proceedings of the World Bank-Ipea Urban Research Symposium Brasilia April 4-6. “From the inhabitable to the habitable city” was presented at the same symposium. World Bank-Brasilia, Brasil 2004-2005 Consultant Research-writing Research on China’s rapid urbanization. Research on Chinese’s cities as the engines of its economic dynamism Powered Up Paradigm Urbanism for the creation of (im) mobile societies: the case of China (Unpublished) The City Foundation-Ámsterdam, The Netherlands. 2004-2005 Consultant Research-writing

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Research on Cosmopolitanism Research on the Cosmopolitan tradition in Islam. This research proposes the concept of cosmopolitanism and hospitality as a notion for dealing with social relations in an increasingly mobile world (relations such as multiculturalism, migration, welcoming the stranger, the relationship between hosts and guests, etc). Published as “Islam and Cosmopolitanism”. In, Archis 5 2004 Archis-Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2004 Consultant: strategic planning, research-writing-spresentation Research on global-city regions and their Relevance for Real Estate Markets. Research on the planning of trans-metropolitan areas and cross-border spaces and global city regions (or "cosmopolitan territories") conceptualized as the primary urban units for integration into the global economy. This research deals with the making of European mega-spaces of mobility and their mega-projects, as an important condition for the European political project of economic and social integration. This study was also focused on the problem of predicting, identifying and classifying the next successful global cities and the new criteria for cities to be able to compete and cooperate successfully in a space of global flows of capital, goods, and workers. It was presented at ING as “The Future of Cities and its Relevance for Real Estate Markets”. 2004. This research on the dynamics of urban systems was also discussed with J. LaSalle (UK). ING Real-Estate. The Hague, The Netherlands 2004 Consultant Research-writing-speaker Research-design on sustainable Habitats The city region was proposed as the spatial scale for environmental, social and economic policy. It was presented as “Política Acción e Inversión: El Futuro de Nuestras Ciudades y Pueblos,” at the Encuentro Internacional de Hábitat Sostenible. September 7th to 11th 2004 Hábitat United Nations, Cámara Colombiana de la Construcción (Camacol Valle) and Sena. Cali, Colombia 2004 Consultant Research-writing Research on Mapping and its uses in design and planning. This research was presented at the Archis Forum on Mapping at the Netherlands Architecture Institute (NAI), Rotterdam, 2004. It was also presented at Groningen University (The Netherlands) 2004. It appeared as “the map as saviour” In Archis 2, 2004 Archis-Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 2004 Consultant Research-writing Research on the shrinking of space Research on the impact of new developments on transport and information technologies on Cities. Appeared as Shrinking space and its impact on Cities. In Archis 1, 2004 Archis-Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

STRATEGIC PLANNER URBAN DESIGNER AND POLICY ANALISIS 2003 Partner-urban design

Adding civil quality to mass transport infrastructure projects and their transit streets.

This proposal deals with infrastructure as an inhabited space (a habitat) that addresses simultaneously problems of: mobility and accessibility; competitiveness and economic development; tourism development and environmental preservation; and social cohesion. I worked on the design proposal for the public and open spaces and for the bus stations of the mass-transit system for the city of Cartagena. These stations are conceptualized as spaces for experimentation with alternative sustainable technologies, as well as spaces for social learning and the production of trust and social capital.

OPA Internacional. Bogota, Colombia.

2003 Policy analyst. Research on the creation of networked cities and Ideapolis in the region of the Cauca Valley This is a proposal for the development of idea-polis in developing countries. The proposal aims at the development of dynamic capitalisms in the peripherical zones of the global economy through strategies for the creation of intelligent cities and learning regions in developing countries. This proposal was presented to relevant local and regional authorities. Secretaria de Planeación de la Gobernación del Valle/CVC-Colombia. 2003 Policy analyst. Research on systems of multi-governance for the city region Elaborated a proposal for the design of a system of multi-governance (local-regional-national-global) that would guarantee the social, economic and environmental development of the city-region. This proposal was presented to relevant local and regional authorities. Secretaria de Planeación de Bogota. Colombia

2003 Master Planner

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Research on alternative multi-modal transport systems for the médium size cities of the Cauca Valley I envisioned, planned, and designed an alternative inter-modal transport system that integrates the environment and transportation (with an emphasis on modes such as bikes and pedestrians) for the organization of urban networks and of a regional economy based on the development of knowledge and creativity. An important element of this exercise was to integrate the community at the pre-feasibility phase and in the design stages of the project. I elaborated a guide for the design and integration of pedestrian, bicycle and mass transit urban transportation networks. This guide was presented as a web-page and CD format. This was delivered to the relevant social actors of several medium size cities of the region of the Cauca Valley, Colombia Centro de Asistencia Legal Ambiental, CELA and CVC. Cali Valle Colombia.

2002. Policy analyst. Comprehensive urban policy I elaborated a proposal for the recovery of the polycentric urban system of the country on the basis of a comprehensive urban policy for the social, economic and environmental renaissance of the main city-regions capable to integrate the nation into the new globalization processes. The objective of this policy proposal is to turn around cities considered beyond redemption. The emphasis is on the renewal of old neighbourhoods with a distinctive mix of municipal intervention and new-style capitalism. This quest for more "livable cities" and well-designed communities recognizes that old industrial areas, inner cities with derelict buildings, are valuable assets to exploit. I elaborated the general guidelines for a comprehensive national urban policy that integrates social, economic, environmental and physical processes. These guidelines emphasized on the role of urban design in the implementation of the National Urban Policy. I also elaborated a proposal for the implementation of the proposed urban policy in the main cities of Colombia (the proposal for implementation includes strategies, plans, programs and projects). For the elaboration of this comprehensive national urban policy I also elaborated research on: the role of the territory and the region as the new scale of national urban policy; the new urban processes emerging in Colombia; the temporal and spatial scales of urban policy. This proposal appeared in the proceedings of the World Bank/Ipea Urban Research Symposium Brasilia April 4-6, 2005 (“A blue-print for a comprehensive urban policy for middle income countries-The case of Colombia) United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Colombian National Planning Office (DNP). Bogota. Colombia.

2001 Strategic planner and designer. Development of planning and urban design concepts for the implementation of systems of networked cities in The Netherlands I worked on the development of the networked cities planning concept. I did research on the temporal dimension of urban networks. This took the form of the concept of The Fourth Dimensional City as alternative to the notion of The Compact City. I also elaborated urban design concepts for the management of risk. Based on the concept of networked cities and its temporal dimension, I developed design strategies for the multiple and simultaneous use of the regional and urban space as an alternative to the classic dichotomy between city and country and the model of the compact city. A hot issue of public debate in the Netherlands is the idea to offer more opportunities for urban inhabitants to live in the countryside. Market preferences seem to be that a considerable amount of city dwellers would love to do so. A huge difficulty is that farmers don't see their land as a park for leisure of city dwellers, but as a production area, to work and earn income. I elaborated an approach for living in the countryside (new rural estates) surrounding the main cities of the Randstad. In the analysis of the Dutch landscape I distinguished between the natural organic forms of the original landscape and the artificial geometric forms of the manmade polders. By enhancing the differences between these two different forms in the landscape our design-research offers a frame of reference to condition new and old types of land use on a scale of more or less completely natural to completely artificial. Dutch Ministry of Physical Planning, The Environment and Housing (VROM). The Hague, The Netherlands.

2000 Research Fellow-Telecommunications and cities Research on the impact of new information technologies and globalization on networks of networked cities. Wrote reports, organized seminars and participated on discussions related to this topic. London School of Economics. London, UK.

1999 Associate Partner. As an independent entrepreneur I participated in the creation of a star-up company in the field of urban design and community development. Responsibilities included: advice on the company's strategic planning, business development and all strategy-related issues. Elaborated urban design concepts for a religious community in New Jersey City Futures, New York City. 1999 Business Development As an independent entrepreneur I participated in the creation of a star-up company in the field of conflict resolution as it related to biodiversity development Responsibilities included: advice on the company's strategic planning, business development and all strategy-related issues Fulcrum Ecosystems Inc, San Francisco, CA.

1997-1998 Strategic planner

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Strategic planning and design of large-scale urban, regional and infrastructure developments (Mega-projects) Strategic Market Assessment. I Elaborated research on the Institutional aspects of the transportation market and industry in Russia and Asia Pacific. Planning and Design for Strategic Regional Initiatives. I Conducted research and design on the globalization of regional and urban developments, with particular emphasis on the global infrastructure linking the United States and Europe to the emerging markets of Latin America, Asia Pacific and Eastern Europe. I worked on the development of inter-modal infrastructure concepts as they relate to strategic regions, global cities and the new industrial clusters driving development and economic growth. I developed a comprehensive approach to project development that integrated future oriented concepts; global trends;, environmental; and, social and public-private partnership issues, into the traditional economic least-cost approaches. The following are some of the projects in which I actively participated. Brazil (BNDES). I worked on the concept of transportation corridors, global production and knowledge networks as the main strategies for regional economic development. I prepared graphic presentations. Gdansk Transport Company (GTC) initiative. Strengthen the A1 motorway program proposal by relating it to Trans-European transport corridors and the concept of cross-border regions, as well as to the development of the Baltic region through the port functions at the ports of Gdansk and Gdynia. I prepared paper for presentation to Daewoo. Hanoi New Town (HNT). Master Planning. I participated in the elaboration of a vision for the future expansion of Hanoi and of a master plan (planning and urban design) for the development of a new town in Hanoi. I undertook research and development of industry and knowledge clusters. I prepared presentations to Daewoo Perth-Airport (Australia). Developed a proposal for an industry cluster to attract investment and technology (Intel) by means of offering technology for technology and not just market access. Egypt- Gulf of Suez New Town Development. I developed a framework to be used for the study of the development of a new industry region. Poland: A1 Motorway program. I supported London-Bechtel Enterprises (BEn) in the development of a strong case to be presented to the Ministry of Finance on the importance for Poland to invest in the A1 Motorway program. Poland-London. I supported Bechtel’s London office in the development of a case to be presented to the Polish Government about the importance to access private management and financing skills in developing essential infrastructure, such as the A1 program (e.g., Models of public-private partnership; approaches to obtaining private finance; etc.). Bechtel Enterprises. I elaborated a proposal for Southeast Brazil’s Global Logistic Network for the 21st century centered on the Port of Sepetiba. Bechtel Corporation. San Francisco, CA.

1994-1996 Urban planning Research Assistant for Professor Saskia Sassen. I elaborated Research on global city networks and their function as nodes for the governance of the global economy. I also elaborated Research on business/knowledge networks and their role in urban and regional development. Graduate School of Architecture, Columbia University. New York City.

1992-1993 Policy analysis and development of planning and urban design concepts. Conducted research and design on sustainable urbanization models for the implementation of the Central Government’s urbanization policy for the RandStad. These proposals were based on critical reviews of the Dutch national policy of urbanization with emphasis in the case of the RandStad. Dutch Ministry of Housing, Physical Planning and the Environment (VROM). The Hague, The Netherlands 1990-1991 Development of planning concepts and urban design Urban design analysis for Madrid; Zaragoza and Vitoria. I incorporated in this work, the structural processes that are informing our societies as a whole and try to create urban and architectural metaphors for those processes. Centro Superior de Arquitectura, Madrid-Spain.

1990 Visiting Fellow Conducted research and held lectures on issues relating to the production of knowledge in the humanities, the social sciences and the physical sciences. The University of Virginia, Commonwealth Center for the Study of Cultural Change, Virginia. USA.

EDUCATION

Columbia University, School of Architecture Planning and Preservation, New York, NY. 2000. Ph.D. Candidate.

London School of Economics. Cities Programme. London UK. 2000. Visiting Fellow.

Columbia University, School of Architecture Planning and Preservation, New York, NY. 1996. MPhil Urbanism.

The Berlage Institute, Postgraduate School of Architecture, Amsterdam, 1992. Master Class.

Centro Superior de Arquitectura, Madrid, Spain, 1991. M.A., Urban Design.

The University of Virginia, Commonwealth Center for the Study of Cultural Change, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA 1990. Visiting Fellow.

Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, The Netherlands, 1982. M.A., Development Studies.

University of Los Andes, Bogota, Colombia, 1979. B.A., Honors in Urban and Regional Planning.

University of El Valle, Cali, Colombia, 1978. B.A., Architecture

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Computers: 3D-design and research, graphics and internet experience. Languages: English , Spanish, Dutch, French

CITIZENSHIP

Nationality: Dutch

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