REVISITING RIO DE JANEIRO AND SAO PAULO [*].

From: The Geographical Review | Date: January 1, 1999| Author: | Copyright information

ABSTRACT. Contrasting models of urban development characterize the historical-geographical evolution of Brazil's two leading cities, viewed in an updating of the seminal 1933 article by Preston James. Native to Rio de Janeiro is a distinctive Luso-Brazilian style of irregular coastal urbanization, whereas Sao Paulo displays a more uniform, modern type of inland commercial-industrial expansion. Even as Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo sprawl today to form a virtual megalopolis in southeastern Brazil, they retain distinguishing roles in the national city system. Both metropolises are ...

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