TED: The informal settlements reshaping the world | Jota Samper

The video discusses the speaker's personal journey from a privileged background to understanding the challenges faced by informal settlements. It highlights the resilience and innovation within these communities and the importance of making them visible. The speaker introduces the Atlas of Informality, a tool to map and understand these areas, and emphasizes the need for community-based solutions and rethinking urban development. The video concludes with a call to action to recognize and learn from the creativity and innovation in informal settlements.

What motivated the speaker to switch schools?

Describe the living conditions of the speaker's friends in the public school.

What are the three crucial things the speaker learned about informal settlements?

How does the speaker describe the paradox of informal settlements?

What challenges do countries with informal settlements face in mapping these populations?

What are the implications of the rapid expansion of informal settlements?

What innovative solutions have communities in informal settlements developed?

How does the speaker view the traditional approaches to dealing with informal settlements?

What does the speaker mean by saying that informal settlements are a self-sustainable urban model?

In what ways does the speaker suggest we can learn from informal settlements?