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Understanding Rio
#EvictionsWatch
‘Pure Island’: Exclusivity, Isolation & Elitism at Rio’s ‘Sustainable’ Future Olympic Village
Clique aqui para Português This post is RioOnWatch’s third and final contribution to Blog Action Day 2014 in which bloggers around the world reflect on this year’s theme: Inequality. Check out our series of articles marking this day. Brazil is known for […]
#HousingWatch
Gated Communities and Gating Communities: The Future of Urban Development in Rio?
Clique aqui para Português This post is the first of three RioOnWatch contributions to Blog Action Day 2014 in which bloggers around the world reflect on this year’s theme: Inequality. Check out our series of […]
Favela Culture
A Country Called Favela by Renato Meirelles and Celso Athayde [BOOK REVIEW]
Clique aqui para Português Um País Chamado Favela (in English, A Country Called Favela) by Renato Meirelles, president of Data Popular, and Celso Athayde, co-founder of CUFA, examines the accomplishments of favelas and their economic advancements, with analysis of informal housing and its economic power […]
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Despite Questions, Presidential Candidates Lean on Federal Housing Program for Electoral Support
Clique aqui para Português In 2009, a new federal housing program, Minha Casa Minha Vida (MCMV) or My Life My House, redirected resources for housing and local development in urban Brazil towards mass-construction of public housing. […]