SOCIAL EXCLUSION, TERRITORIES AND URBAN POLICIES (S.E.T.U.P.): A COMPARISON BETWEEN INDIA AND BRAZIL

The urban structure in both India and Brazil consists of several dominant megacities (Sao Paulo, Mumbai, Rio, Delhi…), each having a population of more than 11 millions. The second characteristic is the recent process of economic restructuring accentuating social fragmentation in these two emerging countries. The urban population in both countries faces similar challenges, namely the growth of shantytowns called slums in India and favelas in Brazil, spatial disjunction, socially contrasted (...)

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