Planning Latin America's Capital Cities 1850-1950

ISBN-13: 9780415272650 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 296 str.

Arturo Almondoz

Opis

This title describes the development of the capital cities of Latin America in the post-colonial period - their planning, urban morphology and social evolution. These cities provide a unique example of the influence of urban planning and design ideas of one continent on another. The well-illustrated case studies of Buenos Aires, Caracas, Mexico City, Havana, Lima, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Santiago, and San Jose de Costa Rica, are each written by an authority on thecity concerned.

Spis treści

Foreword by Anthony Sutcliffe 1. Introduction Arturo Almandoz 2. Urbanism and Urbanism in Latin America: from Haussmann to CIAM Arturo Almandoz Part 1. Capitals of the Booming Economies 3. Buenos Aires, A Great European City Ramón Gutiérrez 4. The Times of the Capitals. Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo: Words, Actors, and Plans Margareth da Silva Pereira 5. Cities within the City: Urban and Architectural Transfers - Santiago de Chile 1840-1940. Fernando Pérez Oyarzun and José Rosas Vera Part 2. Early Viceregal Capitals 6. The Urban Development of Mexico City, 1850-1930 Carol McMichael Reese 7. The Script of Urban Surgery : Lima, 1850-1940 Gabriel Ramon Part 3. The Caribbean Rim and Central America 8. Havana, from Tacon to Forestier Roberto Segre 9. CaracasL Territory, Architecture and Urban Space Lorenzo González Casas 10. Urbanism, Architecture, and Cultural Transfornations in San Jose, Costa Rica 1850-1930 Florencia Quesada 11 Conclusions Arturo Almandoz

O autorze

Arturo Almandoz