the lagoa de itaipú
is adjacent to two of the city's
busiest neighborhoods, itaipú and camboinhas, which is
one of the reasons contributing to the environmental challenges
of the area.
the
population growth became
problematic as a rapid wave of urbanization swept the
region, adding huge areas of new real estate not far from
the lagoon and causing the development of favela
communities, without well managed irrigation and canalization
systems, in close proximity to the lagoon.