Future of Cities: Medellin, Colombia solves city slums

Cities around the world are growing too fast to be liveable. In a time of unparalleled technological innovation, what does a city of the future look like?

Medellin, Colombia is an unlikely example, with creative living solutions born from its traumatic experience under the thumb of Pablo Escobar.

The "Quartz - What Happens Next" Youtube series explores in short episodes the modern solutions that the future holds for subjects such as an ageing population, scarce water supplies and the arrival of cryptocurrency.

Title: Future of Cities: Medellin, Colombia solves city slums
Release: 2018
Length: 10mins