Urban Transformations in Rio de Janeiro Development, Segregation, and Governance

Urban Transformations in Rio de Janeiro Development, Segregation, and Governance / edited by Luiz Cesar de Queiroz Ribeiro.

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 structured in three main parts with sixteen chapters...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: de Queiroz Ribeiro, Luiz Cesar (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
Edition:1st ed. 2017.
Series:The Latin American Studies Book Series,
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Urban geography.
Economic development.
Latin America—Politics and government.
Urban economics.
Culture—Study and teaching.
Electronic resources (E-books)
Online Access:Click to view e-book
Holy Cross Note:Loaded electronically.
Electronic access restricted to members of the Holy Cross Community.
Table of Contents:
  • Part I: Territory, Economy and Society
  • Production Transformations
  • Spatial Transformations
  • Social Transformations
  • Demographic Transformations
  • Family Transformations
  • Part II: Segregation and Inequalities
  • Segregation and Population Displacement
  • Segregation and Real Estate Production
  • Segregation and Occupational Inequalities
  • Segregation and Educational Inequalities
  • Segregation and “Racial” Inequalities
  • Part III: Citizenship, Public Policy and Metropolitan Governance
  • The Favela in the City-Commodity: Deconstruction of a Social Question
  • Political Culture, Citizenship and the Representation of the Urbs without Civitas: The Metropolis of Rio de Janeiro
  • Local Democracy and Metropolitan Governance
  • Entrepreneurial Governance: Neoliberal Modernization.-Transport Management: The Renovation of the Road Pact. .

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