Sustainable development

Can ecological debt be quantified?

Ecological debt is accumulated by countries in the Northern Hemisphere with those in the South, due to both the North’s catastrophic consumption of natural resources and the pollution it causes. The consequences need to be assumed by the planet as a whole. But is it possible to quantify the loss of biodiversity, cost of a human life, or pollution in the food chain? What is nature’s price?

Construction and urban development

From cities that discriminate to cities for everyone: inclusive urban planning

 

By Yolanda G. Menéndez

Design of cities and towns is a powerful tool when used to exclude certain groups of people. Introducing inclusive urban planning… to correct past wrongs.