Three million people live in São Paulo's "urban border."
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A study by CEBRAP scales the populational growth in peripherical areas of São Paulo; consolidated city decreases.
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In Rio de Janeiro the embattled city is taken as an expression of the urban crisis and, in São Paulo, as a problem of politics and prisons.