Brazil and Urbanization

This is a positive article for urbanization. Brazil has had its share of problems. Drugs being at the front. As most urban areas go, drugs are very prominent in a lot of areas in Brazil. The "hills" are home to a good amount of poor people. The area in itself has been taken over by heavy drug trafficking. Causing fierce competition and creating a dangerous place for people to live. The plan is to use urbanization as a tool to get the drugs out of the country. The want to link a part of the hills to another part of the city and then connected to a future subway. Trying to make it easier for the people that live there by omitting competition from the drug traffickers. $22 Billion dollars are going to be invested in to 13 of Brazils major Metropolitan areas in the next 3 years. The prject is known as the Growth Acceleration Program. It should be a big release for all the people that are scared to liuve in the area because of whats going on. The drugs have gotten really bad and the government is hoping to end this war on substance. If the lords try to reclaim there territory, the police are ready and will be alerted. This is a good example on how urbanization can do a positive thing for a community and they way it should be used. By transforming the slums of the area to a more urban feel not only does it get give the residents a more comfortable place to live and call there on, it also gives the community a breathe of fresh air to know that something is trying to be done to get rid of drugs in the area.

http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/8938/1/