This map shows three locations where significant favela understandings are brought to light. Sao Paulo shows how much the envrionment and climate change affect favela life and maintainability while Rio de Janeiro is where favelas originated and therefore is home to Brazil's largest favela. In Santa Marta, Brazil's first covid case emerged in a young boy and the first case being from a child who lived in a favela shows how quickly disease spreads in these close and unsanitary quarters. https://globalizationandhealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12992-019-0523-5 . https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/brazil-coronavirus-rio-favela/2020/03/20/2522b49e-6889-11ea-b199-3a9799c54512_story.html . https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/11/1/4 . https://www.tomorrow.city/a/paraisopolis-brazil-a-city-of-favelas-aiming-to-be-egalitarian-sustainable-and-accessible . https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/11/1/4. Images: Sao Paulo: Tuca Vieira. Santa Marta: Bildagentur-online / Alamy Stock Photo . Rio de Janeiro: Ruth Hager