Mapping of the processes and evolution of popular urbanizations: socio-environmental rights and environmental health in the settlements of the Asunción Metropolitan Area, Paraguay.

Abstract

This research explores the processes of shaping popular urbanizations, with emphasis on socio environmental rights linked to environmental health. The popular urbanization approach refers to the process that occurs without the intervention of the real estate market, its agents or the government. In this research, the concentration of the population in the popular urbanizations was identified based on geographic and demographic data.