urban planning – Generation Change https://blogs.dw.com/generationchange Whether they are campaigning for free press in Zimbabwe, helping provide clean water in India, or offering free music lessons to underprivileged kids in the UK, young people all over the world are making a difference. Wed, 16 Nov 2016 16:49:27 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 Swiss urban planner remakes São Paulo’s poorest neighborhoods https://blogs.dw.com/generationchange/2011/11/swiss-urban-planner-remakes-sao-paulos-poorest-neighborhoods/ https://blogs.dw.com/generationchange/2011/11/swiss-urban-planner-remakes-sao-paulos-poorest-neighborhoods/#comments Mon, 07 Nov 2011 16:30:57 +0000 http://blogs.dw.com/generationchange/?p=751 What does ‘Architecture for All’ mean in a city like São Paulo, the largest in Brazil? It’s home to a population of 20 million, one third of whom live in the shanty towns known as favelas. Fabienne Hoelzel, an urban planner from Switzerland shows us how São Paulo is improving living conditions in the favelas and what the locals are doing to help.

Is your city in need of a project like this?

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