The publicationto assist in the development of mechanisms that will deal with the inadequate housing conditions in informal settlements in a conscious, efficient and sustainable way that will ensure their residents enjoy a good quality of life.

for additional reading a desigualdade entre os pobres favela, favelas (the inequality among the poor, favela, favelas) by edmond preteceille and licia valladares, examines inequality among the poor, often overlooked when just focusing on inequality between the rich and the poor.

published in 2007, rostos invisíveis da violência armada (invisible faces of armed violence), a study by tatiana moura of the centro de estudos sociais - ces da universidade de coimbra, examines the role of women in the armed violence in rio de janeiro - lastly, adriana carvalho lopes presents a construção da identidade juvenil no funk carioca  (the construction of youth's identity in funk carioca), which is a study looking at how youths in the favelas produce and consume funk carioca, and how they identify in its rhythms as a symbol of periphery.