Contemporary urbanism in Brazil
Subtitle: beyond Brasília
By: edited by Vicente del Rio and William Siembieda ; foreword by Jon Lang.
Contributors: Rio, Vicente del, 1955-; Siembieda, William J.
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Gainesville
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780813032818
Subjects: City planning -- Brazil.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.   ) and index.
Table of contents: value: Introduction : historical background / Vicente del Rio; value: Brasília : permanence and transformations / Maria Elaine Kohlsdorf, Gunter Kohlsdorf, and Frederico de Holanda; value: Challenges for new town design in a frontier region : Palmas / Dirceu Trindade; value: The vertical cityscape in São Paulo : the influence of modernism in urban design / Silvio Soares Macedo; value: The shopping centers shaping the Brazilian city : two case studies in São Paulo / Gilda Collet Bruna and Heliana Comin Vargas; value: The cultural corridor project : revitalization and preservation in downtown Rio de Janeiro / Vicente del Rio and Denise de Alcantara; value: Revisiting the Pelourinho : preservation, cultural heritage and place marketing in Salvador, Bahia / Ana Fernandes and Marco A.A. de Filgueiras Gomes; value: Riverfront revitalization in the Amazon : the case of Belém / Simone Silene Dias Seabra and Alice da Silva Rodrigues; value: Redesigning brownfields in Porto Alegre / Lineu Castello; value: Urban design, planning, and the politics of development in; value: Curitiba / Clara Irazábal; value: Reclaiming city image and street livability : Projeto Rio Cidade, Rio de Janeiro / Vicente del Rio; value: Reshaping the metropolitan territory : contemporary urban interventions in São Paulo / Carlos Leite; value: Upgrading squatter settlements into city neighborhoods : the Favela-Bairro program in Rio de Janeiro / Cristiane Rose Duarte and Fernanda Magalhães; value: Conclusion : lessons from Brazilian contemporary urbanism / William Siembieda.