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15-02-2011
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10-02-2011
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28-12-2010
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Poverty, access to housing and conservation of Peri-urban forests: the cases of Sao Paulo and Mumbai

Two megacities of almost the same size, Sao Paulo and Mumbai, which are the economic capitals of two emerging countries whose growth rate is higher in their peripheral areas than in the centre.
Urban poverty preventing access to housing (cf. SLUM Team)
As a result of this crisis, there is pressure on peripheral spaces, especially by the poorer sections. Hence there are severe constraints on peri-urban forests.
This raises the question of the conservation of “natural” resources and the maintenance of “green areas” in a context of great poverty and difficulty of access to housing.