Meaning of favelization | Babel Free

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In Brazil, the process of an area or neighborhood becoming a favela.

uncountable

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“The distinctive urbanization pattern—namely the increased process of favelization and villa construction on steep, accentuated slopes and the clearance and subdivision of land parcels in formerly densely forested areas by the private sector—has inflicted the most significant environmental degradation problems.”

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