Ocupação urbana em áreas de risco de deslizamento: o caso das favelas em Campos do Jordão-SP

• Published in: Revista geográfica - Instituto panamericano de geografía e historia no. 145; pp. 31 - 46
• Main Authors: Filho, Artur Rosa, Cortez, Ana Tereza Caceres
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Portuguese
• Published: Instituto Panamericano de Geografía e Historia 01.01.2009

In the last decades, landslides along hillsides have increased considerably, especially in under-developed countries. The gravitational movements of land masses are worsened due to the constructions of habitations on steep hillsides, and so altering the urban scenery. The general objective of this r...