Meia-água: producing space and kinship in an irregular housing subdivision in Rio de Janeiro
As owners of a land plot, the poor families living in Rio de Janeiro’s loteamentos periféricos (“peripheral housing subdivisions”) have evolved their own unique ways of using their land, often with scant regard for building regulations. This is the case of the meia-água, a rectangular single-story b...
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| Language: | English |
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Journal of Urban Research
2019-12-01
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| Series: | Articulo: Journal of Urban Research |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/articulo/4355 |