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PROJECT BACKGROUND

Social and Economic Vulnerability

High levels of poverty, economic inequality, and
racial disparity in favelas severely limits favelados’
(residents of favelas) ability to respond to and
recover from climate-related events and disasters
(Regina, 2022). Since most favelas are informal
settlements, the lack of formal property rights
also hinders quality construction and access to
private insurance, government assistance, and
other forms of aid that could help rebuild in a
more organized and structured manner (Fahlberg
et al., 2020). According to a 2023 study published
by Instituto Locomotiva in partnership with Data

Favela and Central Única das Favelas (CUFA),
nearly 70% of people in favelas identify as black,
as compared to the national average in Brazil,
which is 55% (Carvalho & Netto, 2023). In
addition, research has shown that in families with
one minimum wage income, most energy is used A mudslide at Morro da Oficina favela
to preserve food; in sharp contrast to families in Rio de Janeiro state destroyed
with an income of 10 minimum wages, most of dozens of homes and killed almost 100
the electrical power is directed to air conditioning people (Moraes, 2022).
their dwellings (2023).

Rocinha favela in Rio de Janeiro with informal sewage and sanitation (Hosek, 2013)

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