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Did the benefits of Favela-Bairro upgrading projects still show up after ten years?
Janice Perlman consulted on this Evaluation Study for the Inter-American Development Bank
Janice Perlman’s Chapter to Appear in Forthcoming Book on Urban Informality
Urban Informality Now, a Routledge publication, now available for pre-order
Bringing the margin to the center | MIT Technology Review
Today, one in every six people on Earth lives in an informal urban or squatter settlement. United Nations analysts estimate that number will rise to one in three by 2050. “Traditionally, policymakers see these people as a problem,” says Janice Perlman, PhD ’71. “I believe they’re part of the solution.”
Janice Perlman Appears on Norman Foster Foundation Seminar “ON CITIES” podcast
Interconnected travel and the economies of scale cities offer ensures their appeal will not disappear after the pandemic
Covid-19 won’t dull the appeal of urbanisation and its mega-cities
Interconnected travel and the economies of scale cities offer ensures their appeal will not disappear after the pandemic
GringoView: ‘Favela’ – Inside the Reality
RIO TIMES INTERVIEW PERLMANA Social Scientist and Urban Studies specialist, Janice Perlman would ultimately live for months in three of Rio’s favelas