Brazil Slide Series: Collection Belem Manaus, Slide No. 0038.

Creator

Herbert Knup
Jon M. Tolman
Siegfried Muhlhausser

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Publication Date

3-19-2009

Description

Slum settlement on the outskirts of the city, where most shacks are built on stilts to avoid being flooded when the river rises. Like all the other large cities in Brazil, both Belém and Manaus suffer from pathological population growth, outstripping alI efforts to provide urban infrastructures. These shantytowns or "favelas" house migrants from the interior and especially from the Northeast who have come in search of a better life in the city.Favela nas rendondezas da cidade, onde a maioria das cabanas são construídas sobre estacas para prevenir a inundação quando as águas do rio sobem. Como todas as outras grandes cidades do Brasil, tanto Belém como Manaus sofrem de crescimento populacional patológico deixando para trás todos os esforços destinados ao provimento de infraestrutura urbana. Essas favelas abrigam imigrantes do interior, especialmente do Nordeste, que vêm à procura de melhor vida na cidade.

Publisher

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 1994