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PHD in Urban Development at the Federal University of Perbambuco, Brazil. Research areas lines based on urban socio-spatial segregation, gender and urban planning, land rights and decolonial studies related to space production in indigenous contexts in Latin America.
Doutora em Desenvolvimento Urbano pela Universidade Federal de Perbambuco, Brasil. Linhas de pesquisa baseadas em segregação socioespacial na cidade, gênero e planejamento urbano, direitos à terra e estudos descoloniais relacionados à produção do espaço em contextos indígenas na América Latina.
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Land Grab or land acquisitions: lessons from Latin America and Brazil
The set of problems involving land property in Latin America has been the subject of controversy, legislation and political struggle ever since the occupation of its territory by the European colonizers in the post-Mercantilism era. In recent years, however, the need for food and energy production, the need for environmental preservation and the speculative use of land, has aroused a new wave of debate over land acquisition.