Urban transformations in Rio de Janeiro : development, segregation, and governance

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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Other Authors Ribeiro, Luiz Cesar de Queiroz (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2017.
SeriesLatin American studies book series.
Subjects
City planning > Brazil > Rio de Janeiro.
Urban renewal > Brazil > Rio de Janeiro.
Brazil > Rio de Janeiro.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessPlný text

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Table of Contents:
  • Foreword; Acknowledgements; Contents; About the Authors; 1 Metamorphoses of the Urban Order of the Brazilian Metropolis: The Case of Rio de Janeiro; Abstract; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 The Urban Order: The Construction of a Concept; 1.3 Brazilian Urban Order: Historical Context; 1.4 Formation of the Urban Order of the Metropolis of Rio de Janeiro; 1.5 Metamorphoses of the Urban Order of the Metropolis of Rio de Janeiro; 1.6 Conclusion: Forces of the Urban Order; References; Territory, Economy and Society; 2 Productive and Spatial Changes; Abstract; 2.1 Introduction.
  • 2.2 Changes in the Economic Dynamics of Rio de Janeiro State (1980-2010)2.3 Changes in the Production Structure and Spatial Division of Labor of Rio de Janeiro State; 2.4 Changes in the Production Structure in the Metropolitan Region of Rio de Janeiro; 2.5 Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References; 3 Spatial Transformations; Abstract; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Principles of Structuring of the Metropolitan Space: From 1980s to 2010; 3.3 Social Organization of the Metropolitan Territory: Core-Periphery Model-1980-2010.
  • 3.4 Social Organization of the Metropolitan Territory: Physical Proximity and Social Distance-1980-20103.5 Final Considerations; References; 4 Social Transformations; Abstract; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 The Current Debate on the Brazilian Middle Class; 4.2.1 Criticism of the Economic Perspective and the Thesis of the New Brazilian Middle Class; 4.3 Labor and Social Structure in the Metropolitan Region of Rio de Janeiro; 4.3.1 Social Structure of the RMRJ in Recent Years; 4.3.2 Characteristics of Socio-occupational Categories in the RMRJ in the Last Decade.
  • 4.4 Conclusion: New Middle Class or Affluent Working Class?References; 5 Demographic Transformations; Abstract; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Urban and Demographic Transitions and Trends of the Metropolis of Rio de Janeiro Within the National Context; 5.3 The Constitution of Urban Society in the RMRJ and Demographic Dynamics; 5.4 Urban and Population Dynamics in the Rio de Janeiro Metropolitan Region: Synthesis from the 1970s Onwards; 5.5 Final Considerations: Recent Urban and Demographic Transition from the Viewpoint of Metropolitan Integration; References; 6 Family Transformations; Abstract.
  • 6.1 Introduction6.2 Household Units and Territory; 6.3 Household Units, Work, and Income; 6.4 Household Units and Per Capita Household Income; 6.4.1 Final Considerations; References; Segregation and Inequalities; 7 Segregation and Population Displacement; Abstract; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Metropolitan Movements of Residential Change; 7.2.1 Migration Flows in or to the Metropolis; 7.2.2 Profile of Migrating Workers and Their Settling Areas; 7.3 The Spatial Mobility Processes: Moves to the Workplace; 7.4 Final Considerations; References; 8 Segregation and Real Estate Production; Abstract.

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