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Author Queiroz Pereira, Alexandre

Title Coastal resorts and urbanization in Northeast Brazil / Alexandre Queiroz Pereira
Published Cham : Springer, 2020

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 74 pages) : color illustrations
Series SpringerBriefs in Latin American studies, 2366-763X
SpringerBriefs in Latin American studies.
Contents Introduction -- Chapter 1. The Urban, Spas And Maritime Vilegiatura -- Chapter 2. The Metropolises Grow Towards The Sea, Northeast Of Brazil -- Chapter 3. Coastal Metropolitization And Tourist Real Estate -- Chapter 4. The Social And Urbanistic Effects Of Tourism Developments In Fortaleza, Brazil -- Conclusion
Summary This book intends to present the development of socio-spatial practices in the metropolitan coast of the Northeast of Brazil, highlighting the main urban, spa and tourist agglomerations: Salvador-BA, Recife-PE, Fortaleza-CE, and Natal-RN. The objective is to study the processes of urbanization associated with maritime leisure. In the first chapter, the reader will find a historical and conceptual presentation highlighting the relevance of leisure practices, their forms-flows and their role in the formation of maritime resorts. The second chapter analyses the context of the northeastern region of Brazil and demonstrates the process of modernization and formation of the seaside function within the cities, and later, in the maritime metropolises of the region. The relationship between urbanization and touristic real estate ventures is the central theme of the third chapter, which proposes a specific methodology for studies of this nature. The final chapter presents the seaside resorts in the metropolitan area of Fortaleza, a case study similar to others in the Northeast, examining the urbanistic effects and the key ideas of the planners
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Subject Tourism and city planning -- Brazil
Urbanization -- Brazil
Tourist camps, hostels, etc. -- Brazil
Geography.
Economic geography.
Public administration.
Urban & municipal planning.
Science -- Earth Sciences -- Geography.
Political Science -- Public Policy -- General.
Tourism and city planning
Tourist camps, hostels, etc.
Urbanization
Brazil
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9783030465933
3030465934