Sao Paulo Sustainability Indicators: the Brazilian Megacity, from Formal to Informal Territories
Posted in CISC News on Nov 7, 2011 19:08
Monday, December 5th 3:30PM
CUNY Institute for Sustainable Cities
Hunter College | East 1216
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A discussion with Professor Carlos Leite on his research, “Indicators of Sustainability on Urban Development,” which looks at the challenge of the Sustainable Megacity through Sao Paulo’s experience as a city of 20 million people, with expansion that ranges from formal urban development to the informal context of huge slums. This work signalizes parameters for a city that is reinventing itself through eco-urbanism after the “expanding and exhausting” model of the 21st Century when the city grew by 27,000% in population and 40,000% in urban territory.
Carlos Leite is an Architect and Urbanist with a Master and PhD in Urban Design from the University of Sao Paulo and a Postdoc from California Polytechnic University where he was Visiting Professor. He is Professor at the School of Architecture and Planning, Mackenzie Presbyterian University, Sao Paulo. He is releasing his first book: Cidades Sustentaveis, Cidades Inteligentes in Brazil (Bookman). He is principal at Stuchi & Leite Projetos:www.stuchileite.com