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The present work intends to describe the main social and environmental characteristics of the Musgueira shanty-town and to present some of the results reached by the authors in their socio-demographic and psychological study of the community. The community known as the Musgueira shanty town is located in the northern area of Lisbon, and actually consists of two independent neighbourhoods: North and South Musgueira. According to the City Council plans, the residents (2,300 families) are to be rehoused within the next years in a large-scale housing project of Alto do Lumiar. The authors describe the emergence of both neighbourhoods during the 1960s, and analyse the differences between them, including demographic characteristics, housing patterns, densities, social activities, literacy rates, social aspirations and everyday life styles. The association between school performance of children and their housing conditions is stressed by the authors.
This project is financially supported by the City of Lisbon, the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and the Ministry of Housing and Social Equipment.
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Soczka, L., Pereira, A., Machado, P., Boavida, E. (1988). Children of Musgueira: A Study of the Social Ecology of a Shanty Town. In: Canter, D., Jesuino, J.C., Soczka, L., Stephenson, G.M. (eds) Environmental Social Psychology. NATO ASI Series, vol 45. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2802-2_10
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