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Against the grain: environmental laws, local botanical knowledge, and housing access in Rio de Janeiro

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Main Authors: Lesser, Chris N., Brandes, Arno F. N.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Springer 2023
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Rio de Janeiro link
local botanical knowledge
Online Access:https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13412-023-00828-7
https://dlib.phenikaa-uni.edu.vn/handle/PNK/8661
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spelling oai:localhost:PNK-86612023-08-04T07:57:55Z Against the grain: environmental laws, local botanical knowledge, and housing access in Rio de Janeiro Lesser, Chris N. Brandes, Arno F. N. Rio de Janeiro link local botanical knowledge CC-BY This article considers how the construction practices of marginalized communities in Rio de Janeiro link the provision of essential housing to distant forest environments and markets for wood building materials. As elsewhere in Brazil, many families without access to real estate markets have built their own homes using locally available materials, a right protected by the 1988 Constitution and federal law. Today, these houses are typically built from reinforced concrete and clay bricks and finished with a roof of clay tile or cheaper fiber-cement corrugate. Production and sale of fiber-cement, which contains asbestos, were restricted by Rio de Janeiro State law in 2001 and ruled unconstitutional by Brazil’s Supreme Court in 2017. But little attention has been given to the human and environmental health effects of other building materials. 2023-08-04T03:07:47Z 2023-08-04T03:07:47Z 2023 Book https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13412-023-00828-7 https://dlib.phenikaa-uni.edu.vn/handle/PNK/8661 en application/pdf Springer
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local botanical knowledge
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local botanical knowledge
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Brandes, Arno F. N.
Against the grain: environmental laws, local botanical knowledge, and housing access in Rio de Janeiro
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