Rio de Janeiro: An (Inequitably) Connected City? Electricity Provision and Spatial Division
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| Publication date | 21-09-2018 |
| Publisher | Metropolitics.eu |
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| Abstract | The tangled webs of electrical wires, a symbol of the favelas, are also the sign of an electricity service that remains profoundly unequal and uncertain in Brazilian cities. Francesca Pilo’ considers the varying quality of electricity distribution in Rio de Janeiro, and shows how this network contributes to dynamics of urban fragmentation that go beyond the simple dichotomy between shanty towns and prosperous neighborhoods. |
| Document type | Web publication or website |
| Note | Translation of: Rio de Janeiro, ville (inégalement) branchée? (2016), translated by Oliver Waine. |
| Language | English |
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https://www.metropolitiques.eu/Rio-de-Janeiro-An-Inequitably-Connected-City.html
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