The informality of urban spaces has emerged as a critical concern in urban planning across
many countries. This paper examines the urban planning and management policies …

We hold many assumptions about police work—that it is the responsibility of the state, or that
police officers are given the right to kill in the name of public safety or self-defense. But in …

The aim of this paper is to examine the differences and similarities in housing policies in the
four Latin American countries of Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Colombia. The paper uses the …

La mezcla social, en términos generales, denota la diversidad social de un área geográfica
determinada, sea esta económica, racial, étnica, cultural, etc. La mezcla social es un viejo y …

Between 2013 and 2015, São Paulo experienced a major drought. With drinking water
reservoirs reduced to 5% of their capacity, the water supply company, SABESP …

Urban areas in the Global South now house most of the world's urban population and are
projected to house almost all its increase between now and 2030. There is a growing …

The concept of right to the city has attracted increasing attention in urban planning area.
However, many cities are far from providing equitable resources. The questions of what is …

Using remote sensing for monitoring trophic states of inland waters relies on the calibration
of chlorophyll-a (chl-a) bio-optical algorithms. One of the main limiting factors of calibrating …

This article examines the rhetoric and practice of a large social movement organised around
low-income housing in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. Making explicit the relationship between …

Seeking to understand the socio-spatial behaviour of the COVID-19 virus in the most
impacted area in Brazil, five spatial regression models were analysed to assess the disease …