Managing the growth of squatter settlements: Location and growth of favelas

Why have favelas grown?

Squatter settlements in Brazil are often called favelas. They are illegal settlemetns where people have built homes on land that they did not own. The favelas are areas of great social deprivation

People leave Amazonia and the drought-hit areas of north east Brazil countryside in the hope of finding a better life in the city. Many are young adults so the birth rates are higher than in the more…