From preamble to post-project frustrations: The shaping of a slum upgrading project in Recife, Brazil

Antipode

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 175-196

  Koster, Martijn ^a   Nuijten, Monique ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brazil; Favelas; Modernity; Participation; Recife; Slum upgrading; Urban development

Indexed keywords

GENEALOGY; MODERNITY; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; URBAN AREA;

BRAZIL; PERNAMBUCO; RECIFE;

EID: 84856213657     PISSN: 00664812     EISSN: 14678330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8330.2011.00894.x     Document Type: Article

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