Various levels of the public are betting on culture in order to fight against the degradation in São Paulo's downtown area.

Book organized by the Center for Metropolitan Studies analyzes the social dynamics of São Paulo's capital and shows the effects of segregation of the urban space over poverty and inequality.

A study by CEBRAP scales the populational growth in peripherical areas of São Paulo; consolidated city decreases.

Three million people live in São Paulo's "urban border."

The majority of young people live in high risk areas

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.