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Urban Transformations in Rio de Janeiro

Development, Segregation, and Governance

  • Comprehensive coverage of urban transformation and urban dynamics in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in the last thirty years
  • Essential reference book for urban researchers, public officials and social activists
  • Fully illustrated with colorful maps and pictures of Rio de Janeiro metropolis
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: The Latin American Studies Book Series (LASBS)

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
  2. Territory, Economy and Society

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 25-25
    2. Productive and Spatial Changes

      • Hipólita Siqueira
      Pages 27-41
    3. Spatial Transformations

      • Luiz Cesar de Queiroz Ribeiro, Marcelo Gomes Ribeiro
      Pages 43-57
    4. Social Transformations

      • André Ricardo Salata, Michael Chetry
      Pages 59-73
    5. Demographic Transformations

      • Érica Tavares, Ricardo Antunes Dantas de Oliveira
      Pages 75-90
    6. Family Transformations

      • Rosa Maria Ribeiro da Silva
      Pages 91-107
  3. Segregation and Inequalities

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 109-109
    2. Segregation and Population Displacement

      • Ricardo Antunes Dantas de Oliveira, Érica Tavares
      Pages 111-126
    3. Segregation and Real Estate Production

      • Luciana Corrêa do Lago, Adauto Lúcio Cardoso
      Pages 127-141
    4. Segregation and Occupational Inequalities

      • Luiz Cesar de Queiroz Ribeiro, Juciano M. Rodrigues, Filipe Souza Corrêa
      Pages 143-164
    5. Segregation and Educational Inequalities

      • Mariane C. Koslinski, Luiz Cesar de Queiroz Ribeiro
      Pages 165-190
    6. Segregation and “Racial” Inequalities

      • Luiz Cesar de Queiroz Ribeiro, Filipe Souza Corrêa
      Pages 191-214
  4. Citizenship, Public Policy and Metropolitan Governance

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 215-215
    2. The Favela in the City-Commodity: Deconstruction of a Social Question

      • Luiz Cesar de Queiroz Ribeiro, Marianna Olinger
      Pages 217-230
    3. Local Democracy and Metropolitan Governance: The Case of Rio de Janeiro

      • Luiz Cesar de Queiroz Ribeiro, Ana Lucia Nogueira de Paiva Britto
      Pages 257-271
    4. Entrepreneurial Governance: Neoliberal Modernization

      • Orlando Alves dos Santos Junior
      Pages 273-286
    5. Transport Management: The Renovation of the Road Pact

      • Igor Pouchain Matela
      Pages 287-302

About this book

This book provides an overview of urban transformations taking place in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in the last three decades. It analyses urban dynamics within the metropolis and its relationship with Brazilian urban networks.

This book is written by researchers from the Brazilian Metropolitan Observatory in Rio de Janeiro. The aim is to study urban transformation and stagnation with regards to urban mobility and infrastructure, social analysis of territory, housing and housing market, metropolitan governance, demography, residential segregation and inequality of opportunities, among other topics.

Editors and Affiliations

  • INCT Observatório das Metrópoles, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Luiz Cesar de Queiroz Ribeiro

About the editor

Luiz Cesar de Queiroz Ribeiro is Professor at the Institute of Urban and Regional Research and Planning (IPPUR) at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He is the national coordinator of the Metropolis Observatory (INCT) and Visiting Professor at the Social Sciences Institute at the University of Lisbon, Portugal.  

His research specialties include: urbanization, metropolis, urban dynamics, national territory, socio-spatial inclusion/segregation in metropolis, urban governance and management.

Bibliographic Information

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Softcover Book USD 109.99
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