Posted on 27 March 2010 by editor
Polluted river by a shanty town in Argentina. Credit: Courtesy UN-HABITAT
By Fabiana Frayssinet and Mario Osava
RIO DE JANEIRO, Mar 26, 2010 (IPS) – Basic services that are collapsing or non-existent, overcrowding, pollution: these are big-city problems that are compounded in developing countries by poverty and inequality. Continue Reading
Posted on 24 March 2010 by editor
Favela Dona Marta, Rio de Janeiro, seen from Corcovado. Credit: Brian Snelson
By Fabiana Frayssinet
RIO DE JANEIRO, Mar 22, 2010 (IPS) – A United Nations report published ahead of the Fifth World Urban Forum in Brazil says the proportion of the population of this country living in “favelas” or shantytowns was reduced 16 percent between 2000 and 2010. Continue Reading
