Brazil Slide Series: Collection Sao Paulo, Slide No. 0053.

Creator

Herbert Knup
Jon M. Tolman
Cleia Victorello-Ferezin

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Publication Date

3-2-2009

Description

View of a favela in the São Paulo Morumbi district. Pathological population growth, outstripping all efforts to provide urban infrastructure, huge numbers of abandoned street children, sprawling favelas, saturation of transportation systems, pervasive air and environmental pollution and the aggravation of various social problems are among the challenges which face the governments of the largest cities in Brazil.Uma vista da favela em São Paulo, no bairro do Morumbi. Crescimento populacional patológico, desmantelamento de todos os esforços a fim de prover infra-estrutura urbana, grande número de crianças abandonadas nas ruas, expansão das favelas, saturação dos sistemas de transporte, permanente poluição ambiental e a agravação de vários problemas sociais, estão entre os desafios que se deparam os governantes das maiores cidades brasileiras.

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Latin American and Iberian Institute / University of New Mexico

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Brazil Slide Series Collection: This article is copyrighted by the Latin American & Iberian Institute (LAII) of the University of New Mexico. Rights permission is for standard academic, non-commercial, use of these materials. Proper citation of this material should include title, author, publisher, date, and URL. Copyright Latin American and Iberian Institute University of New Mexico 1991