Clique aqui para Português This is the third article in a six-part series on the application of Meléndez’s Pyramid for Favela Upgrading to the city of Rio de Janeiro and its favelas. This pyramidal concept […]
Clique aqui para Português Here on RioOnWatch, we often report on community-based solutions to housing and urban development in Rio. With this focus in mind, on occasion, we may publish articles such as this one, […]
Clique aqui para Português This is the second article in a three-part series on the connections between Rio de Janeiro’s favelas and Maputo’s caniços, focusing on history, land regularization, and culture. In Maputo, the capital […]
For more than six years Dr. Raquel Rolnik toured the world as Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing for the UN Human Rights Council, obtaining testimonials and observing the striking shift in the concept of housing […]
Clique aqui para Português For the original in Portuguese by Claudia Antunes published in Vozerio click here. The construction of subsidized housing for low-income families in the Port Region of Rio de Janeiro has been […]