Like the inhabitants of the city Leonia, according to Italo Calvino, we live the era of consumerism and the exacerbated production of garbage. The problem of excessive waste from bulimic consumption has resulted in the emergence of recyclable waste pickers, who are supposed to have their...

Neste artigo o autor, com base na informacao empirica disponivel, analisa as caracteristicas do processo de urbanizacao no Brasil depois da II Guerra Mundial e explora as tendencias desse processo para as proximas decadas. Enfatiza os problemas e particularidades da constituicao de uma sociedade...