Creating More Livable Cities : The Case of the Rio de Janeiro Metropolitan Area

Palladini, Eric

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: ACCESS TO INFRASTRUCTURE;    AFFORDABLE HOUSING;    AUTONOMY;    CAR;    CAR OWNERSHIP;   

RP-ID  :  68265

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

Despite Rio de Janeiro's privilegedposition as Brazil's historical capital (from theeighteenth century until 1960) and as a major center fortourism, culture, and education, the city and its region(collectively known as the metropolitan region of Rio deJaneiro) confronted significant challenges during the finaldecades of the twentieth century. Since the relocation ofthe national capital to Brasilia, ongoing industrialrestructuring, and social inequality contributed to declinesin the region's share of Brazil's population andgross domestic product (GDP). However, since 2001, theregion has entered a new period of expansion, based on thesurging petrochemical and metallurgical industries, and portand logistics services. Also promising for development overthe coming years, the city will host the 2014 World cupfinal game and the 2016 summer Olympics. With this in mind,the World Bank, with a guarantee from Brazil's federalgovernment, is funding the Rio de Janeiro metropolitan urbanand housing Development Policy Loan (DPL).