South American Cities: Securing an Urban Future
Feature essays from local and international experts paired with extensive research on the social, economic and physical contours of the five largest metropolitan regions in South America – São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Bogota, Lima and Buenos Aires – document and analyse the region’s major urban trends. A detailed focus on São Paulo brings its urban growth into perspective with global trends to reframe how South America’s largest and most dynamic city is understood.
Publication date: December 2008
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FINE TUNING SOUTH AMERICAN CITIES | SINTONIZANDO AS CIDADES SUL-AMERICANAS
Deyan Sudjic
THE SPECIALISED DIFFERENCES OF GLOBAL CITIES | AS DIFERENTES ESPECIALIZAÇÕES DAS CIDADES GLOBAIS
Saskia Sassen
BUILDING URBAN ASSETS IN SOUTH AMERICA | CONSTRUINDO ATIVOS TERRITORIAIS NA AMÉRICA DO SUL
Jeroen Klink
POLITICS, POWER, CITIES | POLÍTICAS, PODER, CIDADES
Enrique Peñalosa
THE MOBILITY DNA OF CITIES | O DNA DA MOBILIDADE NAS CIDADES
Fabio Casiroli
CITIES AND CLIMATE CHANGE | CIDADES E MUDANÇAS CLIMÁTICAS
David Satterthwaite
THE CHALLENGE OF CLIMATE CHANGE IN LATIN AMERICA | O PROBLEMA DA MUDANÇA CLIMÁTICA NA AMÉRICA LATINA
Patricia Romero Lankao
FROM WASTE TO PUBLIC SPACE | DO LIXO AO ESPAÇO PÚBLICO
Stela Goldenstein
SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT IN LATIN AMERICAN CITIES | ENGAJAMENTO SOCIAL NAS CIDADES LATINO-AMERICANAS
Gareth Jones
Focus on São Paulo
Luci Oliveira, Ben Page
NEW URBAN OPPORTUNITIES | NOVAS OPORTUNIDADES URBANAS
Raul Juste Lores
THE MULTICULTURAL CITY | A CIDADE MULTICULTURAL
José de Souza Martins
SÃO PAULO’S URBAN TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE | INFRA-ESTRUTURA DE TRANSPORTE URBANO DE SÃO PAULO
Ciro Biderman
MOBILITY AND THE URBAN POOR | MOBILIDADE E POBREZA URBANA
Alexandre Gomide
WORLDS SET APART | MUNDOS SEPARADOS
Teresa Caldeira
SAFE SPACES IN SÃO PAULO | ESPAÇOS SEGUROS EM SÃO PAULO
Paula Miraglia
IMPLEMENTING URBAN CHANGE | IMPLEMENTANDO A MUDANÇA URBANA
Carlos Leite