Essays about: "Rocinha"

Found 2 essays containing the word Rocinha.

1. 1. Life in Vila Laboriaux : a social and physical analysis shaped into guidelines for a Rio de Janeiro favela landscape development

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

   Author : Chiro Eliassi Sarzeli; Hannah Rodin Borne; [2019]
   Keywords : Rio de Janeiro; Rocinha; Vila Laboriaux; favela; landslides; housing removal; gentrification; civil dialogue;

   Abstract : The urbanization is a rapid movement that has been continuously increasing for the last one hundred years in several places around the world. In Brazil, poverty and urban migration have led to informal settlements, also known as favelas, in cities such as Rio de Janeiro. READ MORE

3. 2. Disasters, formal education and adaptive capacity - Does people’s level of formal education influence their risk from climate-related disasters? A case study of an informal settlement in Rio de Janeiro

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Brandteknik; Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

   Author : Ebba Brink; [2010]
   Keywords : Adaptation; adaptive capacity; Brazil; climate change; coping capacity; disaster risk; disasters; favelas; income; informal settlements; landslide; Latin America; risk reduction; Rocinha; formal education; flood; Technology and Engineering;

   Abstract : With a worldwide increase in climate-related disasters and the global temperature on the rise, the effects of climate change are already being felt. Among those most at risk are the poor in developing countries, often living in informal settlements or „slums‟. READ MORE