Climatic change, energy use and water resources are global and local issues which will have a major impact upon the built and non-built environment. The management, growth; planning and redesign of urban areas require the consideration of climate change impacts as essential components of urban development. Carlos H Betancourth is committed to creating resilient cities through the combination of layers of eco-infrastructures (sustainable landscapes) and feed-back loop urbanisms (that integrate multimodal mobility, multiple land uses, and renewable energy development) through the development of participatory urban re-design solutions