Facing the Challenges of Informal Settlements in Urban Centers:  The Re-urbanization of Manaus, Brazil

Magalhães, Fernanda; Rojas, Eduardo

Facing the Challenges of Informal Settlements in Urban Centers: The Re-urbanization of Manaus, Brazil

Date

2014-09-08

Authors

Magalhães, Fernanda

Rojas, Eduardo

Description

The search for solutions to urban and social problems prompted by informal settlements is gaining importance in the development agenda of most large cities in Latin America. Nearly 60 percent of the population lives in informal, often centrally located settlements.

Keywords

Housing, Vivienda, Política Fiscal, Fiscal Policy, Política fiscal, Globalization & Regionalization, Globalización e integración regional, Agriculture, Civil Society, Countries, Education, Environment, Finance, Fiscal Reform, Health, Indigenous Peoples, Information Technology, Infrastructure, Integration and Trade, Labor and Training, Microenterprise, Poverty and Equality, Private Sector, Reform of the Sta