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No. 4 (2019)
Planning with self‑organised initiatives

Igor Tempels Moreno Pessôa

168 pages

ISBN 978-94-6366-168-3

Published: 2025-03-08

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  • Planning with self‑organised initiatives from fragmentation to resilience

    Igor Tempels Moreno Pessôa
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    Over the last half century, the Global South has faced a strong rise in the rate of urbanisation. Although this process differs from region to region, rapid urbanisation has created many challenges for countries in the Global South. Brazil is no different. The largest country in South America has jumped from an urban population of 44.67% in 1960 to 84.36% in 2010, according to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE, 2018). While urban growth is relatively stable in...