Although there is no more space to build, the population in these sites has increased. Population growth in the slums was 660% greater in SP between 2000 and 2007, but the total area they occupy in the city decreased.

Brazilians filmmakers love documentaries about poverty. Their films on the subject are already a style.

Book about slums in Brazil available for download

More than 12 million Brazilians live in slums in some 560 municipalities with more than 150,000 inhabitants, located in metropolitan areas.

Center for Metropolitan Studies and INPE launches software for planning of social policies that allows the analysis of geo-referenced data in urban spaces. Program can be downloaded for free online.