Sao Mateus
São Paulo
Metropolitan Population:
19,683,975
Municipal Population:
11,253,503
Metropolitan Area:
7,947 km2
Urbanised Metropolitan Area:
2,209 km2
Urbanised Municipal Area:
1,523 km2
East Zone
(location of initiative)
Population
3,300,000
Human Development Index (HDI):
0,478
Local Unemployment Rate:
40%
Source:
PREFEITURA MUNICIPAL DE SÃO PAULO (CITY OF SÃO PAULO)
www.prefeitura.sp.gov.br
EMPRESA PAULISTA DE PLANEJAMENTO METROPOLITANO S.A. (EMPLASA)
www.emplasa.sp.gov.br
INSTITUTO BRASILEIRO DE GEOGRAFIA E ESTATÍSTICA (IBGE)
www.ibge.gov.br
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We have invited Edwin Heathcote, architecture and design critic of the Finantial Times, to write about the urbanxchanger experience.
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Operating in the East Zone of the city, community food gardens generate profits for the families who tend to the gardens, while at the same time educating people about the benefits of organic farming.
Sao Paulo
This project highlights the potential for underutilised areas to be converted into productive spaces: economically, socially and creatively.
Sao Paulo
The district of São Mateus is located in the East Zone, about 20 kilometers from the centre of São Paulo
