favelization

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese favelização. By surface analysis, favela +‎ -ization.

Noun

favelization (uncountable)

1. (urban studies) In Brazil, the process of an area or neighborhood becoming a favela.

   Hypernym: slummification

   • 2000 April, Conor G. Smyth, Stephen A. Royle, “Urban landslide hazards: incidence and causative factors in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil”, in Applied Geography, volume 20, number 2, →DOI, page 104:

     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.

Translations

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

• Portuguese: favelização f
• Spanish: favelización f