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A typical favela bedroom in São Paulo Favela in São Paulo, 1994, advertising a shack for sale. The people who live in favelas are known as favelados ("inhabitants of favela"). Favelas are associated with poverty. Brazil's favelas are the result of the unequal distribution of wealth in the country.
In 1986 the first slum upgrading program by the city of São Paulo began, all while more slums sprang up at the fringes of the metropolitan area. [ 4 ] In 1990 a radio programme called “The Meeting of the Rivers” compared the Tiete River to the River Thames in the 19th century and called for action to clean up the river. [ 5 ]
Heliópolis. Coordinates: 23°36′38″S 46°35′33″W. Housing estates in the neighbourhood, seen in São Caetano do Sul. Heliópolis is a favela in the Sacomã district of São Paulo. It has around 200,000 inhabitants and has developed into a serviced neighbourhood from its beginnings as a squatted settlement in the 1970s.
Rio de Janeiro (for a complete list, see the Portuguese WikiPedia article: Lista de favelas da cidade do Rio de Janeiro) Babilônia. Benjamin Constant. Cajueiro. Cantagalo–Pavão–Pavãozinho. Chácara do Céu. Chapéu Mangueira. Cidade de Deus. Complexo do Lins.
Comunidade Renascer. Renascer Community (Portuguese: Comunidade Renascer, pronounced [ko.mu.niˈda.d͡ʒi ʁe.naˈseʁ], reborn community) is a slum located in the Novo Horizonte neighborhood, in the city of Piracicaba, interior of the state of São Paulo, Brazil. [2] It was founded around December 2019, and it is grewing very fast since 2020. [3]
A building used as a cortiço in São Paulo, Brazil in 2014. Cortiço (pronounced [koʁˈtʃisu], [kuʁˈtʃisu]), or gueto (Portuguese language for "beehive" and "ghetto" respectively; tenements), [1] is a common Portuguese term used in Brazil and Portugal for an area of concentrated, high density urban housing where people live with poor sanitation and hygiene conditions. [2]
Squatting in Brazil is the occupation of unused or derelict buildings or land without the permission of the owner. After attempting to eradicate slums in the 1960s and 1970s, local governments transitioned to a policy of toleration. Cities such as Recife, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo have large informal settlements known as favelas.
After attempting to eradicate slums in the 1960s and 1970s, local governments transitioned to a policy of toleration. Cities such as Recife, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo have large informal settlements known as favelas. A more recent phenomenon is the occupation of buildings in city centres by organised groups.