Brazil Slide Series: Collection Intro To Brazil, Slide No. 0095.

Creator

Herbert Knup
Jon M. Tolman
Siegfried Muhlhausser

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Publication Date

3-2-2009

Description

A view of the central axis of Brasília, which was built in the form of an airplane. In the center is the national congress and which is flanked on each side by the various ministries. In the foreground at the center is the local and regional bus station which serves the various satellite cities which surround the capital. Brasília replaced Rio de Janeiro as federal capital and administrative center in 1960, fulfilling President Juscelino Kubitsheck's idea of opening the interior of the country to development. Today the metropolitan area of Brasília, which includes a number of satellite cities like Ceilândia, Planaltina and Taguatinga, has a metropolitan population of dose to 1.6 million. These satellite cities, which mushroomed as rural migrants streamed into the Federal District in search of employment, have social and physical infrastructure problems similar to those of other metropolitan areas in Brazil.Uma visão sobre o eixo central de Brasflia, a qual foi construida em forma de avião. No centro está o Congresso Nacional, rodeado pelos vários ministérios em ambos os lados. Ao centro, na frente, está a estação rodoviária local e regional que serve às várias cidades satélites que circundam a capital. Brasflia substituiu o Rio de Janeiro como capital federal e centro administrativo em 1960, devido ao desejo do presidente Juscelino Kubitscheck de desenvolver o interior do país. Hoje em dia, a área metropolitana de Brasília, que inclui várias cidades satélites como Ceilândia, Planaltina e Taguatinga, tem uma população metropolitana de aproximadamente 1,6 milhão. Nestas cidades satélites, que se formaram à medida que imigrantes rurais afluiram para o Distrito Federal em busca de emprego, existem problemas semelhantes aos que se encontram nas outras áreas metropolitanas do país.

Publisher

Latin American and Iberian Institute / University of New Mexico

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