Project Details
Description
Damn It was a collaborative and international pilot study that identified challenges for and adaptive strategies of informal-settlement communities in Rio de Janeiro and Belo Horizonte (Brazil) during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Key findings
In the context of the pandemic in communities, the need to develop, test and implement community-led solutions to enable comprehensive and sustained initiatives which can mitigate COVID-19 effects and impacts on these communities considering livelihood diversity was recognised. COVID-19 threats mostly exacerbate existing interrelated problems.
| Short title | DAMN IT |
|---|---|
| Status | Not started |
Collaborative partners
- Lancaster University (lead)
- Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
- Universidade do Estado de Minas Gerais
Research output
- 1 Conference contribution/Paper
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Design capabilities for community resilience: Towards dialogic practices and policies
Fonseca Braga, M. & Tsekleves, E., 3/07/2022, DRS2022 Bilbao: Design Research Society Conference 2022. Lockton, D., Lenzi, S., Hekkert, P., Sádaba, A. & Lloyd, P. (eds.). Bilbao: Design Research Society, 17 p. 233. (DRS2022 Bilbao: Design Research Society Conference 2022).Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSN › Conference contribution/Paper › peer-review
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