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Biography

Clarissa Freitas is a scholar in the field of Urban Planning affiliated to Federal University of Ceará (UFC) in Fortaleza, Brazil . Professor Freitas works at the intersection of political economy of urbanization and urban design policies. She spent 2015/2016 academic year as a visiting professor at DURP/UIUC , and between 2018/2021 she held the position of academic coordinator of the Graduate Program of Architecture, Urbanism and Design at UFC. She teaches undergrad and grad courses on Landscape Planning; Urban Design and Planning Theory, and contributes to urban movements struggles for Right to the City. Prior to her position at UFC, Professor Freitas has taught in public and private universities in Brasília, the modernist planned capital city of Brazil. She has also worked in Brazilian Ministry of the City, supervising the implementation of Habitar Brasil housing program in several municipalities in Central and Southeast Brazil. She holds a master degree in Urban and Regional Planning in the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) supported by a Fulbright fellowship (2003), and a PhD degree in Architecture and Urbanism at Universidade de Brasilia (UNB) supported by a CNPQ fellowship (2009).

Activities

Employment (3)

Universidade Federal do Ceará: Fortaleza, CE, BR

2009-10-29 to present | Associate Professor (Department of Architecture and Urbanism)
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Clarissa F. Sampaio Freitas

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: Urbana, IL, US

2015-08-03 to 2016-05-31 | Visiting Professor (Department of Urban and Regional Planning)
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Clarissa F. Sampaio Freitas

Ministry of Cities / Brazil: Brasilia, Distrito Federal, BR

2004-01-01 to 2006-06-30 | Urban Planner (Housing Department (Secretaria Nacional de Habitação))
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Education and qualifications (3)

Universidade de Brasília: Brasilia, DF, BR

2006 to 2009 | PhD in Architecture and Urbanism (Department of Architecture and Urbanism)
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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: Urbana, IL, US

2001 to 2003 | Master in Urban and Regional Planning (Department of Urban and Regional Planning)
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Clarissa F. Sampaio Freitas

Universidade Federal do Ceará: Fortaleza, CE, BR

1993 to 1999 | Bachelor in Architecture and Urbanism (Department of Architecture and Urbanism)
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Professional activities (4)

Urban Affairs Association: Milwakee, Wi, US

2021-08-01 to present | Senior Associate Editors
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Clarissa F. Sampaio Freitas

Planners Network: Ithaca, New York, US

2015-01 to present | member
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Urban Affairs Association: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US

2016-04 to 2019-04 | Board Member
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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: Champaign, Illinois, US

2015-08-20 to 2016-06-01 | Visiting Professor (Department of Urban and Regional Planning)
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Funding (3)

Invisible Dwellers: producing data to fight spatial injustices

2020-09 to 2021-08 | Grant
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (Brasilia, BR)
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Clarissa F. Sampaio Freitas

Statute of the City and Urban Inclusion: Study of Formal Planning and Citizens’ Informal Insurgent Practices in Fortaleza, Brazil.

2017-03 to 2019-06 | Grant
Lemann Institute of Brazilian Studies at University of Illinois (Champaign, US)
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Clarissa F. Sampaio Freitas

Urban Informality and land-use regulations in Brazil

2014-12 to 2017-12 | Grant
Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (Brasilia, BR)
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470620/2014-5

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Works (24)

Descolonizando o planejamento para a proteção socioambiental: uma experiência na periferia de Fortaleza, Brasil

Bitácora Urbano Territorial
2024-10-24 | Journal article
Contributors: Naggila Frota; Clarissa Figueiredo Sampaio Freitas
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Transport-induced gentrification in Latin America: An urban conflict arising from accessibility improvements

2024-05-28 | Preprint
Contributors: Rebeca Froés de Assis; Carlos Felipe Grangeiro Loureiro; Clarissa Freitas; Paul Timms
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A PARTICIPAÇÃO POPULAR COMO CAMINHO PARA UMA REGULARIZAÇÃO FUNDIÁRIA TRANSFORMADORA: O CASO DE FORTALEZA

Critical Planning
2022-02-15 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1522-9807
Contributors: Clarissa Figueiredo Sampaio Freitas; Luísa Fernandes Vieira da Ponte
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Invisible informality and the contribution of information modeling to data-based urban regulation

Gestão & Tecnologia de Projetos
2021-11-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Mariana Quezado Costa Lima; Clarissa Figueiredo Sampaio Freitas; Daniel Ribeiro Cardoso
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Plano urbanístico da Zeis Pici: limites e avanços na participação popular como prática de cidadania

Revista da Arquitetura: cidade e habitação
2021-05-25 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2763-7298
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Clarissa F. Sampaio Freitas

Dados urbanísticos: quem controla o que sabemos sobre as favelas?

Revista Thésis
2021-03-31 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2447-8679
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Clarissa F. Sampaio Freitas

Comunidade Raízes da Praia: uma experiência de práticas insurgentes na cidade de Fortaleza

Revista de Direito da Cidade
2021-03-25 | Journal article
Contributors: Clarissa Sampaio Freitas; Manuela Teixeira Arias; Rachel Teixeira Rocha; Lina Garcia de Figueiredo; Ana Carolina De A. Salas Roldan; Virgínia Nascimento
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Mapping Algorithms Are Failing to Address Urban Inequalities in the Global South

Failed Architecture Special Issue: Cities after Algorithm
2021-02-08 | Interactive resource
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Clarissa F. Sampaio Freitas

INSURGÊNCIAS NO COMBATE À PANDEMIA EM FORTALEZA

InSURgência: revista de direitos e movimentos sociais
2021-01-31 | Journal article
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Clarissa F. Sampaio Freitas

INSURGÊNCIAS NO COMBATE À PANDEMIA EM FORTALEZA

InSURgência: revista de direitos e movimentos sociais
2021-01-31 | Journal article
Contributors: Clarissa Figueiredo Sampaio Freitas; Juliana De Boni Fernandes; Luísa Fernandes Vieira da Ponte
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O Agir na brecha: o lugar das insurgências participativas

Revista Políticas Públicas & Cidades
2020 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2359-1552
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Clarissa F. Sampaio Freitas

Modelagem da informação para a regulação urbanística dos assentamentos precários em Fortaleza

urbe. Revista Brasileira de Gestão Urbana
2019 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2175-3369
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Clarissa F. Sampaio Freitas
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Insurgent planning?

City
2019-05-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Clarissa F. Sampaio Freitas
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Informal Urbanization Versus Modernization–Popular Resistance in Fortaleza, Brazil

The Routledge Handbook on Informal Urbanization
2019-01-02 | Book chapter
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Clarissa F. Sampaio Freitas

Fortaleza: Informal urbanization versus modernization - popular resistance in Fortaleza, Brazil

The Routledge Handbook on Informal Urbanization
2018 | Book
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2-s2.0-85061147901

Contributors: Câmara, G.; Freitas, C.; Rufino, B.
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Clarissa F. Sampaio Freitas via Scopus - Elsevier

Regulações territoriais e expansão urbana informal: é possível preservar e incluir?

Paranoá: cadernos de Arquitetura e Urbanismo
2018-03-03 | Journal article
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Clarissa F. Sampaio Freitas

Undoing the right to the city: World Cup investments and informal settlements in Fortaleza, Brazil

Journal of Urban Affairs
2017-10-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Clarissa F. Sampaio Freitas
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MODELAGEM PARAMÉTRICA E OS LIMITES DOS MECANISMOS TRADICIONAIS DE REGULAÇÃO DA FORMA URBANA

Revista Políticas Públicas & Cidades
2016-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Mariana Lima; Clarissa Freitas
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Clarissa F. Sampaio Freitas via Crossref Metadata Search

The use of building information modeling to set parameters for inclusionary zoning in Brazil

CUPUM 2015 - 14th International Conference on Computers in Urban Planning and Urban Management
2015 | Conference paper
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2-s2.0-85026409498

Contributors: Furtado, L.; Freitas, C.
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Clarissa F. Sampaio Freitas via Scopus - Elsevier

MODELAGEM PROCESSUAL COMO FERRAMENTA PROPOSITIVA: O SOFTWARE ESRI CITYENGINE E A REGULAÇÃO URBANA

Anais do VII Encontro de Tecnologia de Informação e Comunicação na Construção - Edificações, Infra-estrutura e Cidade: Do BIM ao CIM
2015-11 | Conference paper
Contributors: Mariana Quezado Costa Lima; Clarissa Figueiredo Sampaio Freitas
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Clarissa F. Sampaio Freitas via Crossref Metadata Search

Fighting for Planning for the First Time, in Fortaleza, Brazil.

Progressive Planning: the magazine of Planners Network
2015-07-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1559-9736
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Clarissa F. Sampaio Freitas

Housing provision in Fortaleza during the 2000s: progress and setbacks.

Revista Brasileira de Estudos Urbanos e Regionais
2015-04 | Journal article
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Ilegalidade e degradação em Fortaleza: os riscos do conflito entre a agenda urbana e ambiental brasileira

URBE - Revista Brasileira de Gestão Urbana
2014 | Journal article
Contributors: Clarissa Figueiredo Sampaio FREITAS
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Clarissa F. Sampaio Freitas via Crossref Metadata Search

Planejamento urbano com uso de sistema de informação geográfica: o caso de Feira de Santana, BA

Universitas: Arquitetura e Comunicação Social
2013-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Clarissa Freitas; Viridiana Gabriel Gomes; Marcos Borges
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Clarissa F. Sampaio Freitas via Crossref Metadata Search

Peer review (2 reviews for 2 publications/grants)

Review activity for GeoJournal. (1)
Review activity for Policy sciences. (1)