WIT Press


Sustainable Cities: Paths Taken In Brazil

Price

Free (open access)

Volume

179

Pages

8

Page Range

189 - 196

Published

2013

Size

57 kb

Paper DOI

10.2495/SC130161

Copyright

WIT Press

Author(s)

L. Brazil, D. Vivas, M. A. Sarmento & O. Longo

Abstract

This paper is based on partial results obtained from an exploratory research project carried out in Rio de Janeiro’s metropolitan area (RMRJ). It aims to illustrate how Brazil has been coping with unsustainability issues in urban areas. We focus on pointing out the achievements obtained so far, as well as new possibilities resulting from this research. Keywords: sustainable cities, unsustainability.

Keywords

Keywords: sustainable cities, unsustainability.