Evaluation overview of the project "Guatemala City Green Belt"

The 44 municipalities which comprise the city’s wider metropolitan area are home to 25% of the country’s population and also constitute Central America’s most populous conurbation. The extensive urban sprawl, uncontrolled by the local authority, has occurred in areas that are topographically unstable, exacerbating the city's vulnerabilities. The project aims to convert these topographical threats into something positive for the region by transforming the gullies and mountains into a green infrastructure for sustainable management of the city.