... India Brazil cities housing slums poverty land rights 15 Comparing China, India, and Brazil reveals that current housing policies in all three countries have produced new forms of exclusion for inhabitants of informal settlements. Slums, Favelas, and Urban Villages: Housing Policy...

.... Poverty is becoming more urban, and many city residents live in neighborhoods with slum-like conditions. But what this transformation means to people on the ground is different than what out- siders see. The urban poor are much more than an economic subset of people who lack sufficient liv- ing conditions...

... de Janeiro cities slums drug violence gangs pacification counterinsurgency Afghanistan 62 There are uncanny similarities between Rio de Janeiro s pacification strategy and ongoing counterinsurgency operations in Afghanistan and elsewhere. Rio Tries Counterinsurgency robert muggah...