Jose Brandao

The Role of Urban Design in Strategic Planning

The Case of Rio de Janeiro

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The general argument of this book is that a new model of urban project has recently been implemented in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In order to investigate whether these projects have emerged in different social, economic and physical environments, the work has taken as case studies two urban programmes addressing extremely distinct situations. While one of them dealt with the urban middle class problems found in the consolidated districts of the city, the other was conceived to meet the complex infrastructure demand of the slum areas. The book set up a parallel between these two programmes, exploring their differences in terms of urban concepts,institutional framework and social context. This work has primarily been an attempt to provide an empirical clarification contributing to the understanding of the subject of study. In addition, it has intended to develop a theoretical framework whereby methodological design procedures for contemporary urban projects might be established. As a broader contribution,the book has concentrated efforts to understand the role of urban design in the construction of contemporary cities

Produktdetails

• Verlag: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller
• Seitenzahl: 360
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 150mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 494g
• ISBN-13: 9783639143072
• ISBN-10: 3639143078
• Artikelnr.: 26220828

Autorenporträt

Architect and Urban Designer
PhD. Housing and Urbanism - AA School/London
1°Prize in the Bienal Panamericana in Quito - Urban Design
Senior Lecturer of Graduation Programme of Urban Planning at
Federal University of Pernambuco - UFPE
Coordinator of the Urban Renewal Programme "Pernambuco in the
FIFA 2014 World Cup" for the State Government