32 Basic Infrastructure Overview in the Grajaú District, São Paulo, Brazil.
watershed around the municipal water supply, caused land prices to soar (de Oliveira, 2005). As a result, people moved further south to land that was not as expensive, and thereby caused more water pollution and deforestation. This problem is even more severe in poorer areas, where parks, including ones that are nominally 42
protected, are being occupied and used for housing (de Oliviera, 2005). Consequently, the municipality concluded that it is easier to legalize and upgrade the infrastructure of these areas, instead of destroying them and evicting their residents, which ultimately leads to more environmental degradation.
