The highly variable residential landscapes of Rio de Janeiro are changing rapidly in
response to intersecting vectors: a cycle of global mega-events that has accelerated real …

In Parenting Empires, Ana Y. Ramos-Zayas focuses on the parenting practices of Latin
American urban elites to analyze how everyday experiences of whiteness, privilege, and …

This article argues that efforts to implement collective property ownership via community
land trusts (CLTs) in Latin America can be seen as a viable means for reducing socio-spatial …

Defiant Geographies examines the destruction of a poor community in the center of Rio de
Janeiro to make way for Brazil's first international mega-event. As the country celebrated the …

Ecosystem-based approaches are increasingly considered to reduce disaster risks (Eco-
DRR) and adapt to climate change (EbA). Their consideration in some of the main global …

This paper examines the historical evolution and geographic biases of the Initiative for the
Integration of South America's Regional Infrastructure (IIRSA). The study presents an …

Neste artigo, analisa-se como os discursos sobre o perfil de usuários dos shoppings centers
na cidade de Belo Horizonte evidenciam dois aspectos do contexto sócio-histórico …

The Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games were the last major sporting event in a decade‐long
cycle in the Brazilian metropolis. In the years leading up to the Rio 2016 Summer Olympic …

Urban informality is typically ascribed to the urban poor in cities of the Global South.
Drawing on Judith Butler's concept of performativity and taking the case of Rio de Janeiro in …

Abstract Urban Political Ecology (UPE) has explored human–soil relations, emphasising the
political dimensions of environmental degradation in and through urbanisation. However …