Civica.LAB

  • 01Independent Think Tank

    Better questions, before better answers.

    An independent platform for research and strategic thinking, built for informed dialogue, solution design and civic action. We turn rigorous, evidence-based analysis into strategic proposals and concrete solutions for public challenges.

    Our method
  • A researcher presenting data from a lectern to a full auditorium.

    02Informed dialogue

    We present findings where the decisions are actually made.

  • A speaker addressing an audience with a microphone, seen from behind.

    03Public deliberation

    Evidence is only useful once it enters the public argument.

  • Raised hands in an audience during a public session.

    04Civic action

    Communities that take part with the information in hand.

  • Cupped hands holding a softly lit illustration of a brain.

    05Applied knowledge

    Rigorous research, turned into concrete proposals.

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FEATUREDNº025

Urban hydrology · Territory

Urban hydrological dynamics in Zapopan

Urban hydrological dynamics and territorial transformation in Zapopan: assessing the factors behind rising flood risk

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Recent research

25 studies · 6 areas
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Upcoming events

4 datesMembers onlyMembership is by invitation only.
  1. Public seminar

    Presenting Nº025: urban hydrological dynamics in Zapopan

    Zapopan, Jalisco · 18:00
  2. Technical roundtable

    Metropolitan water governance: who decides what

    Zapopan, Jalisco · 10:00
  3. Workshop

    Open data and municipal capacity

    Online · 09:00
  4. Press briefing

    Urban heat islands and environmental inequality

    Zapopan, Jalisco · 12:00
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Alliances & institutional collaboration

Who we work with

  • The Rockefeller Foundation
  • Ford Foundation
  • William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
  • Open Society Foundations
  • The World Bank
  • OECD
  • UNDP · Sustainable Development Goals
  • Ellen MacArthur Foundation
  • Fundación Carlos Slim
  • Fundación FEMSA
  • Fundación BBVA
  • CONAHCYT
  • Universidad Panamericana
  • Municipio de Zapopan
  • Colonos Ciudad Granja

Research is produced by Cívica-Lab, in collaboration with the institutions named. A collaboration never implies that an institution shaped our method, reviewed our findings before publication, or endorses them.

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The model

  1. I

    Diagnose

    We settle the question before going after the answer.

  2. II

    Research

    We measure with an open method and reproducible data.

  3. III

    Pilot

    We test a solution at small scale before proposing it.

  4. IV

    Advise

    We stay with the public decision, evidence in hand.