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"I am going to break this logic of fear!": Activism and subversive care at the periphery of Fortaleza, Brazil. [PDF]
Abstract Based on ethnographic work conducted between 2015 and 2022 at the periphery of Fortaleza, in Northeast Brazil, this article analyzes the work of community activists as a form of subversive care. Women activists, many of whom work for the local public clinics, as social workers with local NGOs, or as schoolteachers, challenge dominant ...
Mandache LA.
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Madrid, la reconstrucción de la periferia urbana [PDF]
En las grandes operaciones de reconstrucción oficial de sectores de la periferia urbana, realizadas fundamentalmente en Madrid, fué donde la experiencia edilicia de la década de los 80 se hizo tan intensa como difícil, resolviéndose en el interior de ...
González Capitel, Antón
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A lógica da expansão urbana na Curitiba Metrópole transformou-se ao longo das duas últimas décadas. O primeiro movimento de expansão veio atrelado à valorização imobiliária do centro em direção à periferia, expulsando a população de baixa renda para cada
Sylvia Ramos Leitão
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Sobre “periferias urbanas” e “favelas”
O artigo analisa quantitativamente os usos das categorias “periferias urbanas” e “favelas” em produções acadêmicas de programas de pós-graduação relacionados ao campo dos estudos urbanos. Foram selecionadas 224 teses de doutorado, publicadas entre 1987 e 2015, construindo-se um quadro temático e um perfil de autoria dessas produções com base nas ...
Mauro Amoroso, Diego Peralta
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Quaderns de Recerca en Urbanisme (QRU) en su número 14 recoge trabajos de investigación que abordan el desafío de las periferias urbanas. Desde una visión global, las contribuciones a este número suponen la interpretación de una realidad compleja y diversa, que responde a la representación de ámbitos tan generalizables como específicos. La intención de
Peremiquel Lluch, Francisco +1 more
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Abstract Classical urban geography theories determine the distribution of population, production and economic activities on geospatial features. Under this assumption, peripheral regions are rarely prosperous. Depopulation, weak industrial and employment structure and inefficient and fragmented land use form a negative feedback loop. Within the context
Yu Zhang
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Rural problems, policies and possibilities in a post‐urban world
Abstract Based on a historical overview of spatial networks and mobility, and the development of spatial theory, this review discusses current rural problems in Europe and the need for a new rural policy. The development toward a post‐urban world, that is, a world where the traditional urban–rural dichotomy is dissolving and is replaced by city‐regions
Hans Westlund, Kamila Borsekova
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Abstract Confinement measures imposed during the COVID‐19 pandemic forced many people to work from home. As telework reduces commuting costs, there is the possibility of contributing to urban sprawl as it allows people to move to the periphery. A web‐based survey focusing on telework was conducted in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area.
João de Abreu e Silva
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Apresentação: situando o sujeito das periferias urbanas
The peripheries have been the object of a privileged study of urban sociology and anthropology in Brazil since the consolidation of these disciplines in the 1970s (Frugoli Jr., 2005). Themes as varied as poverty, work, housing, religion, violence - and various forms of social mobilization - characterized the peripheries, simultaneously, as: a) a ...
Moises Kopper, Matthew Richmond
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