Search Results for: "favelas"

Points for Participation1
/ May 4, 2012 2:28 am

Points for Participation

...ich city dwellers grew from 30 percent to 70 percent of the population in just 50 years. The urban poor’s lack of political accommodation prompted the formation of illegal settlements, commonly referred to as slums, vilas, or favelas, in virtually all major cities, which largely lacked access to basic amenities as a result of their rapid and informal development. During this period, Brazil’s elite-driven municipal governments only intensified inf...

More Money, More Problems0
/ December 19, 2011 11:41 pm

More Money, More Problems

...reputation as the largest slum in the world. That title overstates Kibera empirically – Dharavi in Mumbai, India, at times takes that title. Pakistanis point to the Korangi slum in Karachi, and larger still may be some of the favelas and shantytowns in Central and South America. It’s hard to tell, as data are always hard to collect; accounts of Kibera’s population span the wide range of 1 to 2.5 million people. But unarguably, the situation in Ki...