· September, 2012

Stories about Disaster from September, 2012

Brazil: Crowdsourcing information on fires in slums

  5 September 2012

Recently a number of devastating fires in São Paulo slums [Pt], where land values have sky-rocketed of late, have left thousands homeless. Over 1,100 people were left homeless after the last fire. Some São Paulo residents are using a public spreadsheet to crowdsource data and analyze the phenomenon over the...