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Brazilian city planners, American city planning? New perspectives on urban planning in Rio de Janeiro, 1930-1945.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20857605     Owner:  HMD     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
This article analyses the connections between the ideas and principles of American city planning from 1920 with those articulated by Brazilian city planners in the 1930s and implemented by the administration of the City of Rio de Janeiro, then the capital of Brazil, notably during the period of the Estado Novo [The New State] from 1937 to 1945. In a period characterized by the centralization of political power and the concentration of decision-making in the hands of the president and the state, the City of Rio de Janeiro undertook a series of restructuring projects which utilized new forms of administration and organization. This article explores the links between urban planning in Brazil and the USA that were a notable feature of these projects. It examines particular requirements set down in city plans, city planning commissions and funding for urban activities, such as 'excess condemnation', by focusing upon articles and books written by four Brazilian engineers and proposals put forward by the American City Planning Institute, detailed in the proceedings of the National Conference on City Planning, in the periodical, City Planning and works by affiliated authors.
Authors:
Vera F Rezende
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Historical Article; Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Planning perspectives : PP     Volume:  25     ISSN:  0266-5433     ISO Abbreviation:  Plan Perspect     Publication Date:  2010  
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-09-21     Completed Date:  2010-12-30     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  101503973     Medline TA:  Plan Perspect     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  505-13     Citation Subset:  Q    
Affiliation:
Postgraduate Program on Architecture and Urbanism, Universidade Federal Fluminense - UFF, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Brazil / ethnology
City Planning* / economics,  education,  history,  legislation & jurisprudence
History, 20th Century
Local Government / history
Public Facilities / economics,  history,  legislation & jurisprudence
Public Health / economics,  education,  history,  legislation & jurisprudence
Public Policy / economics,  history,  legislation & jurisprudence
Social Change* / history
United States / ethnology
Urban Health* / history
Urban Population* / history
Urban Renewal / economics,  education,  history,  legislation & jurisprudence
Urbanization* / history,  legislation & jurisprudence

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