Occupation of environmentally fragile areas in Almirante Tamandaré, State of Paraná: the right to housing in light of environmental preservation

Abstract This article analyzes the stigma related to informal settlements when the right to housing faces environmental restrictions, and questions the paradigm that associates environmental degradation with informal land occupation and urban poverty. The study that originated the article was carried out in an environmentally fragile area, disputed and pressured by anthropic occupation in the municipality of Almirante Tamandaré, in the Metropolitan Region of Curitiba, State of Paraná. In this study, it was possible to identify situations where the stigma related to informal living conditions hides and legitimizes power structures, more inclined to meet market demands that display an environmentalist discourse than to guarantee the egalitarian right to the city.