Contemporary urbanism in Brazil : beyond Brasília / [electronic resource]
Rio, Vicente del,1955-
Siembieda, William J.
Gainesville, Fla. : University Press of Florida,
c2009.
In this international collection of essays, architects, urban planners, and scholars assess the legacy of the major trends of contemporary urbanism in Brazil: late-modernism, revitalisation and social inclusion.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-317) and index.
Introduction : historical background / Vicente del Rio -- Brasília : permanence and transformations / Maria Elaine Kohlsdorf, Gunter Kohlsdorf, and Frederico de Holanda -- Challenges for new town design in a frontier region : Palmas / Dirceu Trindade -- The vertical cityscape in São Paulo : the influence of modernism in urban design / Silvio Soares Macedo -- The shopping centers shaping the Brazilian city : two case studies in São Paulo / Gilda Collet Bruna and Heliana Comin Vargas -- The cultural corridor project : revitalization and preservation in downtown Rio de Janeiro / Vicente del Rio and Denise de Alcantara -- Revisiting the Pelourinho : preservation, cultural heritage and place marketing in Salvador, Bahia / Ana Fernandes and Marco A.A. de Filgueiras Gomes -- Riverfront revitalization in the Amazon : the case of Belém / Simone Silene Dias Seabra and Alice da Silva Rodrigues -- Redesigning brownfields in Porto Alegre / Lineu Castello -- Urban design, planning, and the politics of development in Curitiba / Clara Irazábal -- Reclaiming city image and street livability : Projeto Rio Cidade, Rio de Janeiro / Vicente del Rio -- Reshaping the metropolitan territory : contemporary urban interventions in São Paulo / Carlos Leite -- Upgrading squatter settlements into city neighborhoods : the Favela-Bairro program in Rio de Janeiro / Cristiane Rose Duarte and Fernanda Magalhães -- Conclusion : lessons from Brazilian contemporary urbanism / William Siembieda.
In this international collection of essays, architects, urban planners, and scholars assess the legacy of the major trends of contemporary urbanism in Brazil: late-modernism, revitalisation and social inclusion.
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City planning