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Recife: The Popular Struggle for a Better City
Sometimes dubbed Brazil's Venice, Recife is situated on a series of islands, articulated by waterways, on the country's northeast coast. The nation's ninth largest city, it has a historical core, but also shares many urban challenges common to other Brazilian metropolises: a beachfront blighted by speculative development, a semi‐derelict port area and extensive zones of poor neighbourhoods. Architects and academics Circe Monteiro and Luiz Carvalho from the multidisciplinary research group INCITI (Research and Innovation for Cities) at the Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, describe here why, despite a history of inconsistent development, this could now be Recife's moment to transform itself as the urban agenda comes to the fore.
Recife: The Popular Struggle for a Better City
Sometimes dubbed Brazil's Venice, Recife is situated on a series of islands, articulated by waterways, on the country's northeast coast. The nation's ninth largest city, it has a historical core, but also shares many urban challenges common to other Brazilian metropolises: a beachfront blighted by speculative development, a semi‐derelict port area and extensive zones of poor neighbourhoods. Architects and academics Circe Monteiro and Luiz Carvalho from the multidisciplinary research group INCITI (Research and Innovation for Cities) at the Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, describe here why, despite a history of inconsistent development, this could now be Recife's moment to transform itself as the urban agenda comes to the fore.
Recife: The Popular Struggle for a Better City
Monteiro, Circe (author) / Carvalho, Luiz (author)
Architectural Design ; 86 ; 96-105
2016-05-01
6 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
Pernambuco state government , 2014 FIFA World Cup , Capibaribe River , Recife , Graças neighbourhood , Cais José Estelita , Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE) , Capibaribe Park project , President Lula , Direito Urbanos (Urban Rights) , Geraldo Júlio , INCITI (Research and Innovation for Cities) , Porto Digital , FIFA Confederations Cup , Bairro do Recife , Recife City Council , David Harvey , São José , Capibaribe Park plan , Occupy Estelita , Baobá Square
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