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On Unstable Ground: Issues Involved in Greening Space in the Rocinha Favela of Rio De Janeiro
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Abstract This paper is based on fieldwork undertaken in conjunction with Green My Favela, a land use restoration project that works with informal and vulnerable income sector residents to reclaim chronically degraded public areas by creating gardens inside the urban favelas of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The pap... view more
This paper is based on fieldwork undertaken in conjunction with Green My Favela, a land use restoration project that works with informal and vulnerable income sector residents to reclaim chronically degraded public areas by creating gardens inside the urban favelas of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The paper reveals how government intervention policies employed in the lead up to the 2016 Olympics are destabilizing the fragile social fabric of the city’s largest favela, Rocinha, through military occupation and urbanization activities that threaten an already low and unstable human security threshold.... view less
Keywords
urbanization; slum; environment; domestic security; environmental policy; peace process; public space; Brazil
Classification
Sociology of Settlements and Housing, Urban Sociology
Peace and Conflict Research, International Conflicts, Security Policy
Free Keywords
Environmental restoration; Rio de Janeiro; favelas; pacification
Document language
English
Publication Year
2016
Page/Pages
p. 52-73
Journal
Journal of Human Security, 12 (2016) 1
ISSN
1835-3800
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed