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Article

Abstract

A massive improvement of Belo Horizonte's transportation infrastructure would not only improve the quality of life of the residents of this important metropolitan area, it would positively change the course of Brazil and Iberian America's future by creating a new economic engine, enabling business and enterprise while providing opportunities and prosperity to millions. Belo Horizonte - much like the Dallas - Fort Worth metropolitan area in the Unites States and the Madrid metropolitan area in Spain - have many similarities. All three metropolitan areas are major, inland centers without navigable waterways and with populations of over 5 million inhabitants. Using Metropolitan Madrid and the Dallas - Fort Worth Metroplex as best practice examples in terms of urban and economic development, this report looks to improve upon the 2015 Master Plan for the Belo Horizonte Metropolitan region produced by the Government of Minas Gerais through the assistance of the World Bank. This report will propose creative urban planning solutions to the challenges faced by this metropolitan area along with economic and community development strategies that will build upon the unique assets of this region and how to take advantage of them in the new, interconnected, global economy while fostering the uniqueness of this region.

Disciplines

Architecture | Urban, Community and Regional Planning

Publication Date

5-1-2016

Language

English

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