Pacifying and integrating the favelas of Rio de Janeiro An evaluation of the impact of the UPP program on favela residents

Oosterbaan, Sarah; Wijk, J. van

doi:10.1080/01924036.2014.973052

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“…In policy practice, however, individual mobility patterns are often not taken into account during the planning phase. This results in transport systems that do not fulfil their social promises (Siemiatycki, ; Brand and Dávila, ; Bocarejo and Velásquez, ; Heinrichs and Bernet, ; Oosterbaan and Van Wijk, ). Kash and Hidalgo (: 107) speak in this context of ‘vision dissonance’: a gap between the problem a system is meant to solve and the problem as it is perceived by the public.…”

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Planners and the Pride Factor: The Case of the Electric Escalator in Medellín

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Bull Latin American Res

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The outdoor electric escalator in Medellín's Comuna 13, part of an Integrated Urban Project aimed at bridging the city's socio‐spatial divide, did not fully accomplish the project's goal of increasing the mobility of 12,000 people living in the area, nor did it make a significant contribution to diminishing social inequalities. The escalator project can be considered a prestigious solution to an ill‐defined problem that did not take people's mobility patterns into account. Although the project succeeded in increasing civic pride and improving Medellín's image of modernity and progress, it also led to new social inequalities.

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Section: The Urban Mobility Debatementioning

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Planners and the Pride Factor: The Case of the Electric Escalator in Medellín

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2017

Bull Latin American Res

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“…The goal was to have 100 favelas UPP occupied before the 2016 Olympics. There has been a decrease in lethal crime since and a simultaneous increase in reported non-lethal crime since 2008 [8]. It is believed the increase in non-lethal crime is due to the fact that residents feel more comfortable in reporting these crimes as there is an increased police presence in selected favelas.…”

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Using Service Learning to Assess Tourism Destination Image: A Focus on Rio De Janeiro

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WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

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This research profiles public perception of the favelas of Rio de Janeiro after hosting the 2014 World Cup and before the 2016 Olympics. The International Olympic Committee's mission is that the Olympics be truly sustainable -socially, environmentally and economically. Rio was challenged to reduce crime in the favelas, improve waste management, expand and improve infrastructure, and build Olympic venues that would have a legacy for the community. The outcome was the construction of over 32 Olympic venues, 70 new hotels, and a transportation network with new roads, an enhanced rail network and modernized international airport. Thousands of jobs were provided including employment for people from the favelas. Media specialists converged upon Rio to give global coverage of the Olympic Games. Potential US based tourists were interviewed about their knowledge and perceptions of Rio de Janeiro as a tourism destination and, specifically, of the favelas. A random sample of 250 people were interviewed in 2014 after the 2014 World Cup and before the 2016 Olympics. Teams of university students enrolled in a tourism management course conducted the interviews as their service learning class assignment. Through this hands-on assignment, students: 1) gained personal insight into the social issues existing in the favelas; 2) applied their communication and critical thinking skills in interviewing people; and 3) developed an understanding of social issues as they relate to sustainable tourism development. This project was a collaboration between a US university and a Brazilian nonprofit organization that has the mission of improving the quality of life for Rio de Janeiro residents through empowering informal and formal communities. The survey instrument consisted of 28 quantitative and qualitative questions. Regardless of the media coverage, public perception was not significantly altered. This research highlights the challenges in changing potential tourists' perceptions of selected tourism destinations and the opportunity for student service learning projects.

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“…This is then followed by intensive investment in community social development in these same areas and a continued community policing presence. These programmes have had mixed results (Lilley 2015;Magaloni, Franco, and Melo 2015;O'Connell, Perkins, and Zepp 2004;Oosterbaan and van Wijk 2015), but in some cases they have been associated with reductions in crime and some improvements in social development and the reintegration of high-crime communities. However, important lessons learned include that when social investment in the community is delayed or fails to occur, community resentment and mistrust builds.…”

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Restoring paradise in the Caribbean: combatting violence with numbers

2017

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ative Commons IGO 3.0 Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (CC-IGO BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo/legalcode) and may be reproduced with attribution to the IDB and for any non-commercial purpose.No derivative work is allowed.Any dispute related to the use of the works of the IDB that cannot be settled amicably shall be submitted to arbitration pursuant to the UNCITRAL rules. The use of the IDB's name for any purpose other than for attribution, and the use of IDB's logo shall be subject to a separate written license agreement between the IDB and the user and is not authorized as part of this CC-IGO license.Note that link provided above includes additional terms and conditions of the license. They lead to injury and the loss of human life, erode confidence in government, reduce the competitiveness of industries and services, negatively alter the investment climate, contribute to emigration, and can lead to the loss of skilled and educated citizens. Consequently, improving citizen security has become a priority of the Inter-American Development Bank in its efforts to support the governments and citizens of Latin America and the Caribbean.While citizen security has become an ever-increasing concern for many Caribbean countries, the magnitude of the problem has not been matched with an equally robust response in terms of research. Cross-national studies on the prevalence, causes, and effects of violence in the region are few. Empirical studies showing which policies have worked to reduce crime in the Caribbean are even scarcer.This volume analyses new data collected in household and business victimization surveys. These surveys allow us to understand crime from a primary source-the victims themselves. As such, this study goes beyond much of the existing literature, which relies primarily on police data. It contributes new information to our understanding of crime patterns, victim profiles, determinants of particular types of crime, and directions for crime reduction in the region.While the crime situation varies among countries, broadly speaking the Caribbean suffers from uniquely high levels of violent crime. After providing an overview of crime in five Caribbean capital cities, this volume addresses several factors associated with violent crime. These include youth, violence against women and children, neighbourhood characteristics, gangs, guns, and the police and criminal justice systems. The cost of this crime and violence to the Caribbean-about 3 percent of GDP-is significant. The study finds that victimization has negative ramifications for businesses, economic growth, tourism arrivals, emigration, and life satisfaction.However, perhaps the most unique aspect of this study is that it has been written with the specific intention of informing policy and programme design. There is much work in the region that is promising and much that is ineffective.This report helps to identify both, and urges that rigorous evaluations of the more promising programmes be conduc...

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Pacifying and integrating the favelas of Rio de Janeiro An evaluation of the impact of the UPP program on favela residents

Cited by 22 publications

References 11 publications

Planners and the Pride Factor: The Case of the Electric Escalator in Medellín

Planners and the Pride Factor: The Case of the Electric Escalator in Medellín

Using Service Learning to Assess Tourism Destination Image: A Focus on Rio De Janeiro

Restoring paradise in the Caribbean: combatting violence with numbers

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