Rachel Streeter

  • Rio de Janeiro, photo by Steve Martinez
  • Rio de Janeiro, photo by @dany13

From Invisibilised Social Exclusion to Legitimised Market-Based Displacement

This dissertation is underpinned by case studies of Community Land Trusts in San Juan, Puerto Rico and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It considers how, and to what extent, can CLTs be mobilised as part of informal settlement upgrading initiatives in order to overcome gentrification.

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