PhD Thesis, Federal University of Campina Grande, Campina Grande, Brazil. [Water resources management in coastal urban areas: knowledge modeling and representation in geographic information systems] ...

Causes of urban growth Land use in LEDCs Characteristics of shanty town areas Case study: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Rocinha The rapid growth of shanty towns Reasons for migration to Rio de Janeiro ...

In line with this and considering the lack of discussion about the topic, this paper discusses some of those impacts observed in Londrina – PR, Brazil. The influence of urban sprawl in this city has ...

mainly in urban and semi-urban areas. Brazil's Health Ministry on Thursday set up an emergency operations center to deal with dengue and other arboviruses in São Paulo, to expand monitoring and ...