Shantytown

Cameraman Killed In Police Operation In Rio Slum

AP | Posted 01.06.2012

Read More: Journalists, Brasil, Latin America, Shantytown, Gangs, Rio De Janeiro, Slums, World News

SAO PAULO -- A Brazilian television network says one of its cameramen has been shot to death during a police operation against drug traffickers in a R...

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Building the Just City: Contemporary Urbanism in Brazil: Beyond Brasilia

Frank Gruber | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Urban Design, Brazil, Postmodernism, Urbanism, Urban Planning, City Planning, Shantytown, Urban-Population-Growth, Book Reviews, Architecture, Books News
Frank Gruber

Brazil was not the only developing country beset with exploding urban populations but the transition to democracy in Brazil allowed for a dramatic change in the goals and tools of urban planning.

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Brazil: Intense Blaze Burns Sao Paulo Slum

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Brazil, Diogo Pires, Sao Paulo, South America, Slum, Diogo Pires Fire, Poverty, Shantytown, Home News

SAO PAULO — An intense fire broke out Sunday in a slum in South America's largest city, sending residents running across rooftops to escape the ...

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Cities Deal With Surge In Shantytowns

New York Times | JESSE McKINLEY | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Illegal Encampments, Return of Shantytowns, Shantytown, Hooverville, Living in Tents, Home News

FRESNO, Calif. -- As the operations manager of a outreach center for the homeless here, Paul Stack is used to seeing people down on their luck. What h...

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