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| Centro de Desarrollo Urbano Sustentable (CEDEUS) | |
|---|---|
| Name | Centro de Desarrollo Urbano Sustentable (CEDEUS) |
| Native name | Centro de Desarrollo Urbano Sustentable |
| Established | 2014 |
| Headquarters | Santiago, Chile |
| Fields | Urban studies, Urban planning, Sustainable development |
Centro de Desarrollo Urbano Sustentable (CEDEUS) is a Chilean interdisciplinary research center focused on urban sustainability, urban planning, and urban resilience. The center integrates academic, municipal, and private actors to address complex urban challenges in Latin America and collaborates with international institutions to translate research into policy and practice. CEDEUS operates across urban systems, housing, mobility, and climate adaptation, engaging with public agencies, universities, and non-governmental organizations.
CEDEUS was founded in 2014 with seed support from national research agencies and academic partners including Universidad de Chile, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, and Universidad de La Frontera. Its mission aligns with sustainable urbanism as articulated in dialogues involving United Nations, UN-Habitat, World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, and regional networks such as Latin American Union of Cities. CEDEUS positions itself within traditions established by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University College London, École des Ponts ParisTech, and Delft University of Technology, while responding to Chilean policy contexts including initiatives from Ministerio de Vivienda y Urbanismo (Chile), Subsecretaría de Desarrollo Regional y Administrativo, and municipal governments such as Municipality of Santiago and Municipality of Valparaíso.
CEDEUS organizes research along themes comparable to global urban research agendas exemplified by IPCC, INTERACT-Bio, and projects affiliated with European Commission frameworks. Core themes include urban resilience to seismic hazards linked to studies by US Geological Survey, urban mobility influenced by work at MIT Mobility Lab and Instituto de Transporte y Territorio, housing informality in contexts studied by World Resources Institute, and climate adaptation resonant with C40 Cities. Cross-cutting programs connect geospatial analysis using platforms related to Esri, participatory planning practices seen in HUD USER initiatives, and urban governance dialogues similar to OECD urban policy studies. Methodologically, CEDEUS draws on quantitative modeling traditions from Santa Fe Institute, field survey approaches from Urban Institute, and experimental urbanism exemplified by Danish Urban Institute collaborations.
CEDEUS-led projects encompass metropolitan analyses of Santiago Metropolitan Region comparable to comparative work on Mexico City and Buenos Aires, resilience planning for coastal cities such as Valparaíso and Concepción, and transport corridor studies paralleling interventions in Bogotá and Curitiba. Case studies include housing density interventions in partnership with local initiatives akin to Habitat for Humanity, informal settlement upgrading informed by precedents in Medellín, flood risk assessments similar to research conducted for New Orleans and Venice, and urban heat island mitigation comparable to Singapore urban greening programs. CEDEUS projects have applied remote sensing techniques used by NASA, participatory mapping methods aligned with OpenStreetMap, and agent-based modeling approaches used by Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis.
CEDEUS maintains partnerships with universities such as Universidad de Chile, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Harvard University, University of Cambridge, University of California, Berkeley, and University of Toronto; funding and programmatic links with Fondo de Fomento al Desarrollo Científico y Tecnológico (FONDEF), Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Científico y Tecnológico (FONDECYT), and ANID; and operational collaborations with municipal actors like Municipality of Santiago and national agencies including Servicio Nacional de Geología y Minería (SERNAGEOMIN. International institutional partners include UN-Habitat, World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, C40 Cities, Resilient Cities Network, and research consortia linked to European Commission calls and networks like Belt and Road Initiative comparative urban projects. CEDEUS also engages civil society partners including Fundación Vivienda, Corporación Ciudades, and neighborhood associations reminiscent of Movimento dos Trabalhadores Sem Teto.
Organizationally, CEDEUS is structured as a consortium with a board drawn from member universities such as Universidad de Chile and Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, research groups led by principal investigators affiliated with research councils like ANID and funding instruments similar to Horizon 2020. Its financial model combines public research grants from ANID, project grants from Inter-American Development Bank and World Bank, philanthropic support from foundations akin to Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Ford Foundation, and contract research for municipal entities including Municipality of Valparaíso. Administrative practices reflect norms used by research centers at Harvard Kennedy School and London School of Economics.
CEDEUS has influenced urban policy dialogues in Chile and Latin America, contributing evidence to planning processes comparable to reforms in Bogotá and Medellín, and informing climate adaptation frameworks similar to C40 Cities strategies. Its outputs have been showcased at conferences such as World Urban Forum, COP, Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction, and academic venues including International Conference on Urban Planning and publications in journals like Landscape and Urban Planning, Urban Studies, and Journal of Planning Education and Research. CEDEUS members have received fellowships and awards analogous to recognitions from Royal Society, National Academy of Sciences, and regional honors from Ministerio de Desarrollo Social y Familia (Chile), reflecting the center's role in bridging research, policy, and practice.
Category:Research institutes Category:Urban studies and planning institutions