https://metropolitics.org/ Favoriser les débats et confronter les savoirs et les savoir-faire sur la ville, l'architecture et les territoires. en SPIP - www.spip.net https://metropolitics.org/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH20/siteon0-bf96f.png?1760617828 https://metropolitics.org/ 20 144 https://metropolitics.org/Rio-de-Janeiro-Storms-Militia-and-Urban-Development.html https://metropolitics.org/Rio-de-Janeiro-Storms-Militia-and-Urban-Development.html 2019-11-08T06:00:00Z text/html en Leandro Benmergui & Rafael Soares Gonçalves & translated by Oliver Waine Rio de Janeiro Brazil favela militias informal housing vulnerable housing informality precarity catastrophe disaster Latin America safety <p>The dramatic consequences of storms at the beginning of 2019 in a favela in Rio de Janeiro reveal the ongoing evolution of informal urbanization in the city. The development of militias, as a result of security problems and the withdrawal of public authorities in these neighborhoods, also affects building construction. Leandro Benmergui and Rafael Soares Gonçalves highlight the dangers of these developments. <br class='autobr' /> At the beginning of 2019, in Rio de Janeiro, two violent storms caused a significant</p> - <a href="https://metropolitics.org/-From-the-Field-15-.html" rel="directory">From the Field</a> / <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-Rio-de-Janeiro-+.html" rel="tag">Rio de Janeiro</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-Brazil-+.html" rel="tag">Brazil</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-favela-+.html" rel="tag">favela</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-militias-+.html" rel="tag">militias</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-informal-housing-+.html" rel="tag">informal housing</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-vulnerable-housing-+.html" rel="tag">vulnerable housing</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-informality-+.html" rel="tag">informality</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-precarity-+.html" rel="tag">precarity</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-catastrophe-+.html" rel="tag">catastrophe</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-disaster-+.html" rel="tag">disaster</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-Latin-America-+.html" rel="tag">Latin America</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-safety-+.html" rel="tag">safety</a>