Books About Brazil » Role http://booksaboutbrazil.com Best books about Brazil Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:10:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 The Role of Urban Design in Strategic Planning: The Case of Rio de Janeiro http://booksaboutbrazil.com/2010/04/19/the-role-of-urban-design-in-strategic-planning-the-case-of-rio-de-janeiro/ http://booksaboutbrazil.com/2010/04/19/the-role-of-urban-design-in-strategic-planning-the-case-of-rio-de-janeiro/#comments Mon, 19 Apr 2010 18:03:44 +0000 admin http://booksaboutbrazil.com/?p=551
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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.

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]]> http://booksaboutbrazil.com/2010/04/19/the-role-of-urban-design-in-strategic-planning-the-case-of-rio-de-janeiro/feed/ 0 Brazil As an Economic Superpower?: Understanding Brazil’s Changing Role in the Global Economy http://booksaboutbrazil.com/2009/10/30/brazil-as-an-economic-superpower-understanding-brazils-changing-role-in-the-global-economy/ http://booksaboutbrazil.com/2009/10/30/brazil-as-an-economic-superpower-understanding-brazils-changing-role-in-the-global-economy/#comments Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:01:06 +0000 admin http://booksaboutbrazil.com/?p=95
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Brazil is once again getting attention in the northern hemisphere-attention long overdue, given its huge and diverse population, its physical size and diversity, and its geopolitical and economic importance as the largest country in Latin America. Long seen as an economic backwater, Brazil now occupies key niches in energy, agriculture, service industries, even high technology markets. Yet the nation still struggles with endemic problems of inequality and with a traditional ambivalence toward deep integration with the world economy. Brookings gathered scholars and policymakers from Brazil, Europe, and the United States to examine the present state and likely future of Brazil’s economy. Their findings can be found in “Brazil as an Economic Superpower”. The authors’ analysis focuses particularly on five key topics: agribusiness, energy, trade, social investment, and multinational corporations. The net result is an invaluable analytical contribution and a provocative look into the future of our global economy and into the workings of one particularly important component of that system.

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