at a glance

rio de janeiro's prefecture, through the instituto pereira passos, makes data and statistics about  the district of  senador vasconcelos available on this link, including data on land (território e meio ambiente), population (população) housing (domicílios), health (saúde), education (educação), buildings (imóveis), and infrastructure (infraestrutura).

Presented by the    Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, the study Agentes Comunitários de Habitação: identidade legitimadora ou identidade de projeto? - Community Housing Agents: Legitimate identity or the identity of the project? by Helton Rangel Coutinho Junior, examines the political role of the Community Housing Agents, members of the Favela-bairro Program, Rio de Janeiro City. The goal of this study is to describe and to discuss the limits of these Agents actions, as a new form of popular participation, in the conception and implementation of public policies related to housing and urban planning. The concepts used to build the subject are: public policies; identity and territory. The field work was done with the Community Housing Agents of Jardim Moriçaba, a county located at the west area of the city of Rio de Janeiro, particularly at the Senador Vasconcelos sector.