URBANIZATION, ACCOUNTABILITY AND SOCIAL INCLUSION IN A COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE: BRAZIL VS. CHINA
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https://doi.org/10.24023/FutureJournal/2175-5825/2013.v5i1.138Abstract
This paper aims to analyze the context in which occurred the intense urbanization in China over the past 30 years, by comparing the different strategies applied by Brazil and China with respect to the urban development aimed at improving the Quality of Life, Urban Planning, Social Inclusion, Public Participation and Environmental Protection in the cities. In this process, we analyzed the legal basis and strategies for urban expansion considering their proposals to support the productive activity and the structure of economic development. The selection of the two countries was motivated by FIA’s course extension to China, which allowed us to observe intense contrasts of the housing policies for the inclusion of migrants due to the industrialization process of the two developing nations. The comparative analysis was proven to be valid because, despite being strikingly different in several aspects, these two countries have similar challenges, since both of them deal with the enormous challenge of including historically marginalized populations within the social context. Thus, this paper proposes to discuss the question of why Brazil, with an income per capita many times larger than China, has not been able to overtake this country with respect to the inclusion of its most poor population within the realm of dignified housing, and therefore, include this group within the market practices. Keywords: Urbanization, China, Urban Development, Accountability, Cities, Immigration, Urban Reform.Downloads
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