Essays about: "rural urban migration in Brazil"

Found 4 essays containing the words rural urban migration in Brazil.

  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. From slums to sustainability? Internal migration in a highly urbanised developing country: the case of Brazil

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Joseph Aivalikli; [2018]
    Keywords : internal migration; development; urbanisation; Latin America; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Brazil is a country founded on migration, and since the Second World War most of that migration has been internal. However, urban overcrowding has changed the nature of migration in this, one of the most urbanized developing countries. READ MORE

  4. 3. Beyond Dusty Land

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Anja Gatu; Ola Isaksson; [2006]
    Keywords : poverty reduction; equity; Brazil; Rural Development; Land reform; capability; Social and economic history; Ekonomisk och social historia; History and Archaeology;

    Abstract : Due to miserable living conditions and an uneven distribution of land in the rural parts of Brazil there has been a widespread migration into the urban areas during the last 40 years. Greater parts of the population live in the cities and make their living within the informal sector lacking access to important services such as education and health care. READ MORE

  5. 4. Child Prostitution and Sex Tourism: Brazil - Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Susanna Weibull; [2003]
    Keywords : Folkrätt; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC) has been a major cause of concern in recent years. The term CSEC is used to describe the various activities exploiting children for sexual purposes and includes trafficking of children, child pornography, child prostitution and sex tourism. READ MORE