New capital cities in the Global South: Post-modernist context, modernist layout in Nigeria and Brazil
Abstract This paper contextualizes Abuja’s planning history (Nigeria, 1979-1981) and Palmas (Brazil, 1989), considering networks of knowledge, travelling ideas, and the planners’ tool-kit. It analyses these new capital cities’ layouts through a more global reading of planning history. It argues that...
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| Language: | eng |
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2021
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| Online Access: | http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2182-30302021000200114 |
| Country: | Portugal |
| Oai: | oai:scielo:S2182-30302021000200114 |