Urban Transformations in Rio de Janeiro
Development, Segregation, and Governance
Editors: de Queiroz Ribeiro, Luiz Cesar (Ed.)
Free Preview- 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
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- About this book
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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.
- About the authors
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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.
- Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Metamorphoses of the Urban Order of the Brazilian Metropolis: The Case of Rio de Janeiro
Pages 1-24
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Productive and Spatial Changes
Pages 27-41
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Spatial Transformations
Pages 43-57
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Social Transformations
Pages 59-73
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Demographic Transformations
Pages 75-90
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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Urban Transformations in Rio de Janeiro
- Book Subtitle
- Development, Segregation, and Governance
- Editors
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- Luiz Cesar de Queiroz Ribeiro
- Series Title
- The Latin American Studies Book Series
- Copyright
- 2017
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- Springer International Publishing AG
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-319-51899-2
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-51899-2
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-51898-5
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-84773-3
- Series ISSN
- 2366-3421
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XIV, 319
- Number of Illustrations
- 26 b/w illustrations, 21 illustrations in colour
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