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Home at the Margins: Police Violence, Evictions, and the Resistance to Belonging in São Paulo's ‘Cracolândia’

PoLAR: Political and Legal Anthropology Review, Volume 49, Issue 2, November 2026.
ABSTRACT In São Paulo's Cracolândia—one of the world's largest open‐air drug scenes—urban transformation operates not through direct expulsion but through the systematic erosion of territorial bonds. Drawing on twenty months of ethnographic research with unhoused crack users, NGO workers, and state officials, this article examines how interactions with
Flávio Eiró, Giordano Magri
wiley   +1 more source

Of cities and slums

We study the emergence and persistence of urban slums in Brazil. Using data on labor markets, housing costs, and access to education, we construct a quantitative model to explore the impact of slums on the country s human capital and structural ...
Monge-Naranjo, Alexander, Ferreira, Pedro Cavalcanti, Pereira, Luciene Torres de Mello   +2 more
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Renewal of Urban Slums in the United States: A Selected Bibliography

, 1970
This report addresses the renewal of urban slums in the United ...
Hincks, Joel B.
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‘Working to stay healthy’, health-seeking behaviour in Bangladesh’s urban slums: a qualitative study

, 2019
‘Working to stay healthy’, health-seeking behaviour in Bangladesh’s urban slums: a qualitative ...
Aminur Rahman (709559), Nell Gray (5353295), Sadika Akhter (13092996), Stobdan Kalon (80992), Jeroen van der Heijden (567421), Martins Dada (6712208), Animesh Biswas (822506), Beverly Stringer (6712205)   +7 more
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Women's lived experiences of the built environment and maternal psychosocial well-being in urban slums and slum rehabilitation colonies: a qualitative study in Bhopal, India. [PDF]

Glob Health Action
Charan K, Yadav V, Sahoo KC, Mandal UK, Sabde YD, Tiwari RR, Diwan V.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Poverty in Indian cities during the reforms era [PDF]

This paper seeks to understand temporal changes in poverty and well-being in Indian cities during the era of economic reforms. The evidence on improvements in well being is mixed.
Abhiroop Mukhopadhyay, S. Chandrasekhar
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Prevalence and correlates of underweight among lactating mothers aged 20-49 years living in the Urban Slums of Kampala City, Uganda: A mixed-methods cross-sectional study. [PDF]

PLOS Glob Public Health
Magona Nerima S, Kirabo J, Nsubuga EJ, Nanyombi G, Komakech JJ, Musisi L, Mbabazi J, Ddamulira JB.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Ebola in urban slums: the elephant in the room

The Lancet Global Health, 2014
Robert E Snyder, Mariel A Marlow, Lee W Riley   +2 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Urban Society and Slums -A Case in Osaka-

This report is a study on the distribution of slums in Osaka. The slums in urban society are located in the fring of the city center (zone in transition). In Osaka, Fig. 2, Fig. 3 and Fig.
土田, 英雄, TSUCHIDA, Hideo, ツチダ, ヒデオ   +2 more
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Reaching the unreached: Task-shifting diabetic retinopathy screening in urban slums of low- and middle-income countries. [PDF]

Oman J Ophthalmol
Mohan S, Kumaramanickavel G, Stevens F, Scherpbier A.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source