List of Figures

1. Introduction


Jose Gamez, Zhongjie Lin, and Jeffrey Nesbit


2. The Impact of Future Sea-level Rise on Rio de Janeiro: A Geological Perspective


Scott Hippensteel


3. One Katrina Every Year: The Challenge of Urban Flooding in Tropical Cities


Fernando Lara


4. Changing Informality: Gentrification of Favelas in Rio de Janeiro


Zhongjie Lin, Fernando Moreira, and Aline Nascimento


5. Staging the City, Transforming the Slum: FestiFavelization in Rio de Janeiro


Malte Steinbrink and Jose Gamez


6. Barra da Tijuca: Urban Planning Challenges in a Global Suburb


Lawrence Herzog


7. Elite Enclave of Barra da Tijuca


Alexandra Silva de Almeida


8. Costa, Coast, and Clay: A Modern Grid Revisited in Rio de Janeiro


Jeffrey Nesbit


9. Barra Olympic Park Project: Notes on the Design Process, Games and Legacy


Henrique Houayek


10. Urban Projects for Resilience in Flooding Areas


Erika Brum Palma Pereira and Maria Fernanda Lemos


11. Mixing Modernisms: Urban Design in the Era of Climate Change


Jose Gamez


12. Climate Adaptation in Rio: Promoting the Resilience of the Western Zone Coastal Area of Rio de Janeiro Maria Fernanda Lemos



13. Urban Planning for Resilience: Lessons Learned from Projects for Rio’s Western Zone