Rio de Janeiro : urban expansion and the environment /: urban expansion and the environment. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by José L.S. Gámez, Zhongjie Lin and Jeffrey S. Nesbit.
• Editors: Gámez, José L. S; Lin, Zhongjie; Nesbit, Jeffrey S
• Contents: List of Figures Introduction: Rio de Janeiro - urban expansion and environment José L.S. Gámez, Zhongjie Lin, and Jeffrey S. Nesbit The impact of future sea-level rise on Rio de Janeiro: a geological perspective Scott Hippensteel One Katrina every year: the challenge of urban flooding in tropical cities Fernando Lara Changing informality: gentrification of favelas in Rio de Janeiro Zhongjie Lin, Fernando Diniz Moreira, and Aline de Melo Nascimento Staging the city, transforming the slum: festifavelization in Rio de Janeiro Malte Steinbrink and José L.S. Gámez Barra da Tijuca: urban planning challenges in a global suburb Lawrence A. Herzog The elite enclave of Barra da Tijuca Alexandra Silva de Almeida Costa, coast, and clay: a modern grid revisited in Rio de Janeiro Jeffrey S. Nesbit Barra Olympic Park project: notes on the design process, games and legacy Henrique Houayek Urban projects for resilience in flooding areas Erika Brum and Maria Fernanda Lemos Mixing modernisms and measuring climate literacy: Costa, Burle Marx, and Rio's ecological design challenges José L.S. Gámez Climate adaptation in Rio: promoting the resilience of the west zone coastal area of Rio de Janeiro Maria Fernanda Lemos Urban planning for resilience: thoguhts on lessons learned from projects for Rio's western area Rafael Saraiva Index
• Publisher Details: Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiv, 168 pages)
• Subjects: 307.1/216098153; City planning -- Brazil -- Rio de Janeiro; Urban policy -- Brazil -- Rio de Janeiro; ARCHITECTURE / Landscape; ARCHITECTURE / Urban & Land Use Planning; City planning; Urban policy; Brazil -- Rio de Janeiro; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780429020445; 0429020449; 9780429671883; 0429671881; 9780429668906; 0429668902; 9780429670398; 0429670397
• Related ISBNs: 9780367031039
• Notes: Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (Taylor & Francis, viewed July 17, 2019).
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