In an interview recently given to Agência Brasil, Dr. Perlman talked about her 50-year-long research on Rio’s favelas. She explained that these settlements have been expanding faster than the city of Rio as a whole and that, in spite of physical improvements in favelas, their residents still face strong discrimination from the asfalto. Check out the full interview at https://odia.ig.com.br/mundo-e-ciencia/2019/07/5663068-pesquisadora-americana-alerta-sobre-futuro-de-comunidades-perifericas.html.
