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A repeated failure to promote social justice, the author emphasizes, will culminate in the reproduction of current poverty in the future; hence the urgency for the various segments of society to act together to \"change the city.\" Divided into four parts, the work initially presents the issues relevant to urban planning, reform, and management. Marcelo Lopes de Souza then explains the main trends in urban planning in Brazil and abroad, highlighting common features and controversies. The penultimate chapter analyzes urban planning and management instruments (taxes, zoning, land regularization, and public and participatory budgets). Finally, the author includes reports and analyses related to successful and unsuccessful experiences in Brazilian cities such as Porto Alegre, Angra dos Reis, Recife, Rio de Janeiro, and Curitiba. 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However, surprisingly, even basic concepts are not without controversy. Many, practically all, are subject to competing interpretations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e The spirit of \u003cem\u003ethe fundamental concepts of socio-spatial research\u003c\/em\u003e is to illuminate space by drawing on social relations, and these relations by drawing on space, in an endless dialectic. It is therefore a matter of working with concepts focused on socio-spatial research, and not merely on the X-ray of socio-spatial forms or structures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003e\"(...) It would be dishonest to present this book as an expression of already consensual knowledge. Some concepts may be seen as much more basic than others, depending on the reader, and some readers may vehemently disagree with the inclusion of this or that concept in the list of \"fundamentals.\" Out of a sense of honesty, I have sought, on the other hand, and in every way, to offer more than one perspective on the same concept, whenever this seemed essential to me; and I have also sought to warn about particularly controversial aspects involved. (...) The concepts selected are all directly spatial. The purpose of the book that the reader holds in their hands is to present and discuss some fundamental concepts, interconnecting them as the exposition progresses, always with the concern of inscribing them in a dynamic of object construction that (as far as possible) but not the space of social relations.\" - Marcelo Lopes de Souza\u003c\/p\u003e \"","brand":"Totvsrj-record-dc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47176266973436,"sku":"9788528617320","price":79.9,"currency_code":"BRL","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/9197\/5420\/files\/067e9d55338dda03de1279f2027b25f8_eae274d3-e8bf-488f-88d9-c3934d7df2e8.jpg?v=1778326004"},{"product_id":"abc-do-desenvolvimento-urbano","title":"ABC of urban development","description":"\u003cp\u003e What, after all, makes a city a city? What has been common to all cities throughout history? 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The environment cannot be reduced to \"the environment,\" to non-human nature. It is not merely something that \"surrounds\" us, an envelope: the environment is also us, human beings, historically and culturally situated. As for territories, they are established in intimate connection with environments in their landscape and material dimensions, whether through geoecological processes or socially produced forms and dynamics. Analyzing territories means examining how, at any given moment, environments, their resources, and meanings are contested and become objects of conflict. The primary target audience is students in their final years of undergraduate studies, as well as those at the graduate level, in all fields that deal with environmental problems and conflicts. Beyond beginning researchers and young university students in general, however, we can assume that experienced professionals will also benefit from the material in several chapters. Finally, it is reasonable to nurture the expectation that much of what this book contains can (re)feed back into critical environmental activism and the practice of combating the inequities and distortions that accumulate in our societies, especially the many situations of flagrant environmental injustice.","brand":"Totvsrj-record-dc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47176758329596,"sku":"9788528624373","price":84.9,"currency_code":"BRL","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/9197\/5420\/files\/9cbf5044a01887351ee4295a7c1c54c9.jpg?v=1778315704"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.record.com.br\/en\/collections\/marcelo-lopes-de-souza.oembed","provider":"Editora Record","version":"1.0","type":"link"}