Marcelo Lopes de Souza

Marcelo Lopes de Souza is a professor of socio-spatial development and political ecology at the Department of Geography of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, where he co-ordinates the [http://www.nuped.geografia.ufrj.br/equipe/equipeestrutura.html Núcleo de Pesquisas sobre Desenvolvimento Sócio-Espacial/NuPeD] (Research Centre on Socio-Spatial Development). He received the first prize of the German Society of Research on Latin America in 1994 for his PhD thesis (which was published in Germany) about the urban question in Brazil, and the Jabuti Award (this prize is given every year to Brazil’s best literary and scientific works by the Brazilian Book Chamber) for his book ''O desafio metropolitano'' (''The Metropolitan Challenge'') in 2001. His book ''Fobópole: O medo generalizado e a militarização da questão urbana'' (''Phobopolis: Generalised Fear and the Militarisation of the Urban Question''), published in 2008, was nominated for the Jabuti Award in 2009. Provided by Wikipedia
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