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-An-Inequitably-Connected-City.html https://metropolitics.org/Rio-de-Janeiro-An-Inequitably-Connected-City.html 2018-09-21T05:00:00Z text/html en Francesca Pilo' & translated by Oliver Waine inequalities energy networks utilities urban public service Global South socio-spatial inequalities Latin America Brazil favela Rio de Janeiro urban technical networks electricity social division of space fragmentation service provision distribution urban services <p>The tangled webs of electrical wires, a symbol of the favelas, are also the sign of an electricity service that remains profoundly unequal and uncertain in Brazilian cities. Francesca Pilo' considers the varying quality of electricity distribution in Rio de Janeiro, and shows how this network contributes to dynamics of urban fragmentation that go beyond the simple dichotomy between shanty towns and prosperous neighborhoods. <br class='autobr' /> Despite the universal nature of electricity provision, in terms of</p> - <a href="https://metropolitics.org/-From-the-Field-15-.html" rel="directory">From the Field</a> / <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-inequalities-+.html" rel="tag">inequalities</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-energy-+.html" rel="tag">energy</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-networks-+.html" rel="tag">networks</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-utilities-+.html" rel="tag">utilities</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-urban-public-service-+.html" rel="tag">urban public service</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-Global-South-+.html" rel="tag">Global South</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-socio-spatial-inequalities-+.html" rel="tag">socio-spatial inequalities</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-Latin-America-+.html" rel="tag">Latin America</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/+-Rio-de-Janeiro-+.html" rel="tag">Rio de Janeiro</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-urban-technical-networks-+.html" rel="tag">urban technical networks</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-electricity-+.html" rel="tag">electricity</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-social-division-of-space-+.html" rel="tag">social division of space</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-fragmentation-+.html" rel="tag">fragmentation</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-service-provision-+.html" rel="tag">service provision</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-distribution-+.html" rel="tag">distribution</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-urban-services-+.html" rel="tag">urban services</a>