New capital cities in the Global South

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 their pl...

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Main Author: Rego, Renato Leão (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2021
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Online Access:https://revistas.rcaap.pt/cct/article/view/21820
Country:Portugal
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