Multispecies wellbeing: placing pollinators at the center of urban planning and design in Curridabat (Costa Rica)

Jennifer Wolch; Maria Fernanda Gonzalez; Donna Houston

doi:10.7916/rfqh-y915

Multispecies wellbeing: placing pollinators at the center of urban planning and design in Curridabat (Costa Rica)

Jennifer Wolch^*, Maria Fernanda Gonzalez, Donna Houston

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School of Communication, Society and Culture

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Abstract

The city of Curridabat, Costa Rica, transformed when the national government allowed local political parties to field candidates for elected municipal offices, and a local party, siglo XXI, was established in 2000. Every mayor since has been from siglo XXI, enabling a continuous process of urban evolution. Edgar Mora, elected mayor in 2008, emphasized ideas of ‘sustainable human development’ and a desire to provide residents a high quality of life and happiness. Then, in 2015, Mora and his innovation team conceptualized a novel vision for the city – Ciudad Dulce (Sweet City) – that embraced the idea of multispecies well-being, using pollinators as a way to introduce a less anthropocentric framework for equitable urban planning and climate-resilient design.

Original language	English
Publisher	Urban Climate Change Research Network
Number of pages	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.7916/rfqh-y915
Publication status	Published - 16 Apr 2025

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Name	UCCRN Case Study Docking Station
Publisher	Urban Climate Change Research Network

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