This paper investigates the dependency relations that intertwine the mining activity and the economy of the municipality of Brumadinho (MG). Based on the theoretical framework of the Dependency Theory, the text addresses different socio-economic dimensions such as aggregate production,...

Every 20 years, the United Nations Organization (UN) promotes the Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat) to discuss the problems of housing and urban development and to sign international commitments that favor the existence and production of settlements Human...

The Índice de Vulnerabilidade Social (IVS) and the Atlas da Vulnerabilidade Social (AVS) of the municipalities and metropolitan regions arise by an effort of selection, development and georeferencing of indicators that could express conditions of social vulnerability in the different scales of...

El Instituto de Investigación Económica Aplicada (Ipea) y la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) desarollaron, en 2019, una investigación comparativa buscando caracterizar y analizar las condiciones de gobernanza metropolitana en países del subcontinente...

The Índice de Vulnerabilidade Social (IVS) and the Atlas da Vulnerabilidade Social (AVS) of the municipalities and metropolitan regions arise by an effort of selection, development and georeferencing of indicators that could express conditions of social vulnerability in the different scales of...

Every 20 years, the United Nations Organization (UN) promotes the Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat) to discuss the problems of housing and urban development and to sign international commitments that favor the existence and production of settlements Human...