10 articles in this issue
Rodrigo Firmino,Harry Bollmann,Fábio Duarte
Udo Strassburg,Jandir Ferrera de Lima,Nilton Marques de Oliveira
O objetivo deste artigo é identificar e analisar os níveis de centralidade existentes entre as cidades da Região Metropolitana de Curitiba (RMC). Em 1974, o governo estadual instituiu a Coordenação da Região Metropolitanade Curitiba (Comec), com o objetiv... see more
Alexandre B. Hedjazi,Maria Dubraska Pineda
Orlando Alves dos Santos Junior
A city’s common spaces are appropriated by capital that aims to guarantee the conditions necessary for the production-reproduction of capitalist relations. In this context, the challenge is to imagine and construct a very different type of city capable of... see more
Liette Gilbert
A transition to a new, greener urbanism is increasingly imperative in the face of environmental crises. However, such a transition is not possible without considering social justice. This essay examines some ten¬sions between social justice and urban sust... see more
Jan Beermann
This study explores the linkages between two recent trends in global climate governance. The first trend is the growing focus on cities in the multi-level governance of climate change. Whereas international climate change negotiations often end in deadloc... see more
Fanny R. Tremblay-Racicot,Jean Mercier
This article compares the policies and processes by which transportation and land use planning are integrated in metropolitan Toronto, Canada, and Chicago, in the United States. Using twenty-four semi-structured interviews with key informants, it describe... see more
Nicholas Kasang
Contemporary urban growth in many cities in Latin American and Africa has been accompanied by unprece¬dented levels of urban violence. Latin America epitomizes this trend as three of the world’s most dangerous cities, Ciudad Juárez, San Pedro Sula, and Ca... see more
Marcos Junior Marini,Christian Luiz da Silva
Nas últimas décadas do século XX intensificaram-se as discussões sobre a importância das ações conjuntas realizadas pelos agentes participantes de aglomerações industriais, como ocorre nos Arranjos Produtivos Locais, principalmente nas políticas públicas ... see more
Geisa Bugs,Antônio Tarcísio da Luz Reis
Este artigo avalia a participação popular na elaboração de nove PLHIS (Plano Local de Habitação de Interesse Social) no Rio Grande do Sul. São avaliados os níveis de participação alcançados, as dificuldades encontradas durante o processo participativo, a ... see more