Climate Change, Adaptation and Formal Education: The Role of Schooling for Increasing Societies' Adaptive Capacities [PDF]
, 2011 With a worldwide increase in disasters, the effects of climate change are already being felt, and it is the urban poor in developing countries that are most at risk.
Wamsler, C.
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Practices of corporate sustainability in Brazil : analysis of the financial institutions integrated in the business sustainability index [PDF]
, 2017 O artigo descreveu as práticas socioambientais de quatro instituições financeiras que pertencem à carteira do Índice de Sustentabilidade Empresarial (ISE) da BM&FBovespa.
Almeida, Hayra Joelly Lima de +2 more
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, 2020 Solid waste management (SWM) is recognized worldwide as an important issue to deal with in pursuing livability. The favela (slum) of Rocinha represents a good synthesis of all challenges which can be encountered in this field: high population density ...
F. Villa +5 more
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Entre confrontos e desafios na construção da legitimidade popular.: Algumas perspectivas sobre os movimentos de resistências em favelas do Rio de Janeiro [PDF]
, 2013 International audienceThis article discusses resistance movements perpetrated by residents of the favelas Morro da Providência, Rocinha and Morro dos Prazeres, in the city of Rio de Janeiro.
Bautès, Nicolas +2 more
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Turismo em favelas: notas etnográficas sobre um debate em curso
Plural, 2016 As favelas do Rio de Janeiro têm sido alvo de intensa visitação turística desde os anos 2000. Se antes esse turismo se concentrava na Rocinha, paradigmática favela turística, hoje expande-se para outras favelas da cidade, e tal expansão vem acompanhada ...
Camila Moraes
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Real life entrepreneurship in Rio de Janeiro’s largest favela [PDF]
, 2015 It is well-known that favelas concentrate several informal economic and social arrangements. In this post, Isabella Nunes Pereira presents results from her research on entrepreneurship endeavours undertaken by dwellers of Rocinha, Rio de Janeiro’s ...
Pereira, Isabella Nunes
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Public perceptions of the favelas in Rio de Janeiro: a post World Cup 2014 and pre 2016 Olympics Assessment [PDF]
, 2016 This research assesses public perception of the favelas of Rio de Janeiro following the awarding of the bids for both the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics.
Dhiyan, Adnan, Green, Claudia G, PhD
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Differences in the Prevalence of Non-Communicable Disease between Slum Dwellers and the General Population in a Large Urban Area in Brazil. [PDF]
, 2017 Residents of urban slums are at greater risk for disease than their non-slum dwelling urban counterparts. We sought to contrast the prevalences of selected non-communicable diseases (NCDs) between Brazilian adults living in a slum and the general ...
Calcagno, Juan I +9 more
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Closing the Gap Between Rights and Realities for Children and Youth in Urban Brazil: Reflections on a Brazilian Project to Improve Policies for Street Children [PDF]
, 2011 Describes the successful use of Children's Rights Councils to promulgate policies to help children who spend their days (and in many cases nights) on the streets.
Irene Rizzini, Malcolm Bush
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La mala administración de la seguridad pública [PDF]
This paper examines public policies based on the idea that situations in areas of social deprivation threaten the security of all other urban residents. Using evidence from São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Salvador, the three biggest metropolitan cities of ...
Gledhill, John
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