Tag Archives: Rio de Janeiro housing

Strategies for Metro Rio

Not all is halted, moldy, undone Over the past 20 months, a team of specialists has worked, using local input, to put together Rio de Janeiro’s Metropolitan Region Integrated and Strategic Urban Development Plan. The plan may never be implemented. … Continue reading

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Low-income housing in Rio de Janeiro’s port area

Afterthought — or opportunity for real dialogue between residents and government officials? Yesterday, Rio’s City Hall held a public hearing, the first of six such meetings scheduled from now until August, to create a Programa de Habitação de Interesse Social … Continue reading

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Where is Morar Carioca?

If you are one of this city’s 1.4 million (22% of the population) who live in a favela, if you work as an architect, urbanist or social scientist, or are simply a concerned carioca, now may well be the perfect … Continue reading

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Urban planning in Rio de Janeiro

Never has Rio been such an object of discussion — but where is it all going? This blogger was recently asked to describe Rio de Janeiro using a spatial approach. It took two tries to succeed. Politics and socioeconomic aspects … Continue reading

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