Squatting in Brazil is the occupation of unused or derelict buildings or land without the permission of the owner. After attempting to eradicate slums...
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illegally or squatted. Squatting in the Czech Republic began in its modern form when anarchist and punk activists inspired by squatting movements in Amsterdam...
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Initiative finds that Brazil is doing 89.1% of what should be possible at its level of income for the right to housing. Squatting in Brazil is the occupation...
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Favela (category Squatting in Brazil)
neighborhoods in Brazil. The term, which means slum or ghetto, was first used in the Slum of Providência in the center of Rio de Janeiro in the late 19th...
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Alvorada (category Squatting in Brazil)
Although improvements have been made, the city suffers from heavy crime and squatting. The largest of these slums or favelas is the dangerous Umbu subdivision...
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Paraisópolis, São Paulo (category Squatting in Brazil)
pictures of Brazil and was taken for the Folha de S.Paulo newspaper. It highlights social inequality, both in Brazil and Latin America in general. "O...
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Rocinha (category Squatting in Brazil)
(Portuguese pronunciation: [ʁɔˈsĩɲɐ], little farm) is a favela in Brazil, located in Rio de Janeiro's South Zone between the districts of São Conrado...
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Heliópolis (category Squatting in Brazil)
from its beginnings as a squatted settlement in the 1970s. Heliopolis had about 120,000 inhabitants in 2007 and 200,000 in 2018. Its area covers 1.2 km2...
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Four Decades of Living on the Edge in Rio de Janeiro is a book by Janice Perlman published by Oxford University Press in 2010. It primarily documents the...
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Shadow Cities (book) (category Squatting in Brazil)
visiting in informal settlements across the globe, including Kibera (a slum in Nairobi, Kenya), Rocinha (a favela in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), a gecekondu...
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