Genesis of the Rio Favela

Abstract

This chapter explains the rise and history of the Favela, or as the book likes to refer to it, the “Favelization Process.” While it is said that Favela were in some ways the first of their kind, the book points out that there were other versions, such as tenements. The book gives examples of different favela communities, including el Morro de Favella, a historical place authorities pursued in cleaning up. Mattos Pimenta was one of the many hygienists working towards getting rid of favelas in the nation. The chapter continues to speak of Alfred Agache a man who unlike Pimenta saw the favela situation as what it truly was: a side effect of poverty, not some sickness that needed to be cleaned up. Finally, the chapter ends on census data and considers the difficulty on]f being able to verify how many people live in the favelas.