Title & Author:

Contemporary urbanism in Brazil : beyond Brasília / edited by Vicente del Rio and William Siembieda ; foreword by Jon Lang.

Publication:

Gainesville : University Press of Florida, ©2009.

Description:

xxxii, 331 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 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.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

"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, revitalization, and social inclusion. They examine how cities are regenerating themselves within a democratic political framework that meets market and social demands and that respects place, culture, and history."--Jacket.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

9780813032818 (alk. paper)
0813032814 (alk. paper)
9780813035369
0813035368

Subject:

City planning Brazil.
74.72 urban planning.
21.73 urban development (architecture)
City planning.
Urbanisme Brésil Brasília (Brésil) 20e siècle.
Brazil.

Added entries:

Rio, Vicente del, 1955-
Siembieda, William J.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 260209
Call No.: BIB 191099
Status: Available