The Green Era: 1980s The 1980s was a decade marked by widespread economic recession, rising urban poverty and increasing deforestation rates in Brazil. Yet, now with more than 900,000 people ...

As cities become increasingly populous, disorganized, and affected by extreme climate events, a new approach to urban ...

Curitiba is Brazil's showpiece of urban planning, known among city architects worldwide as a pioneering achievement in metropolitan renovation and innovation. In the 1960s, a redesign effort was ...

In line with this and considering the lack of discussion about the topic, this paper discusses some of those impacts observed in Londrina – PR, Brazil. The influence of urban sprawl in this city has ...