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URBAN RESILIENCE FOR EQUITABLE CITIES Juan José Cue Secretary of Innovation City of Puebla, México Smart foundation FOUNDATION: 1531 as “La Puebla de Los Angeles” PROYECT: 1. A planned city, a need for a Spanish settlement bewteen Mexico City and the port of Veracruz. 2. A logistics hub between the Gulf of Mexico (Veracruz) and the Pacific Ocean (Acapulco) LOGISTIC HUB: “Panama´s Canal” for the New Spain Colonial Empire. “For almost 300 hundred years worlds commerce between Europe and Asia went through Puebla” Datos Generales Smart Foundation Strategic location Developed city CATHEDRAL, with the tallest belltowers in Latin America LA CONSTANCIA MEXICANA, the first textile factory in Latin America PUEBLA´S MAIN THEATER, is the oldest theater in America still in operation. “Puebla is Cultural Heritage of Humanity; it has the largest historic center in America with over 2,600 sites catalogued by UNESCO” (1987) Strategic location United States of America Nuevo Laredo Veracruz Manzanillo Mexico City 39.5 million people live within 124 miles of the City of Puebla. Puebla Guatemala State Population: 6 million City of Puebla Population: 1.6 million 2,100 meters Above Sea Level 38% of the National GDP is produced in this area. Important investments Human capital A safe place to live Open government Why become Smart? SMART CITY PUEBLA Initiative Concepto Smart City “The world is experiencing a period of extreme urbanization. In China alone, 300 million rural inhabitants will move to urban areas over the next 15 years” MIT Media Lab – City Science Initiative Social Inequality The City of Puebla has the largest number of people in poverty in Mexico. The municipalities with the largest number of people in poverty in 2010 PUEBLA IZTAPALAPA ECATEPEC LEON TIJUANA CD JUAREZ CD NEZA TOLUCA ACAPULCO GUSTAVO MADERO - DF 732,154 727,128 723,559 600,145 525,769 494,726 462,405 407,691 405,499 356,328 Barcelona = Smart City Working with the experts Social inequality Road Map Smart City Road Map “Equitable City” Social inequality Mobile Food Units Social inequality Pink Rooms Innovation Open Science Labs Science and Weather Sensors Public Services Internet Free Access Mobility Expand Smart Bike Project for june 2015 (+2,000 bikes) Mobility First city in Mexico to sign with WAZE (oct 2014) Resilience Earthquake Early Warning System “Hosting this international event in our city should provide us with the tools to promote social equity in all Latinamerican cities“ Tony Gali, Mayor of Puebla Smart City Puebla