Recife (Mauritsstad, Pernambuco), Brazil, South America
Year
1637
latitude: -8° 6' longitude: -34° 52'
Period
Initiator(s)
Prince Johan-Maurits
Planning organization
WIC
Nationality initiator(s)
Netherlands
Designer(s) / Architect(s)
Design organization
Inhabitants
Target population
Town website
Town related links
Literature
- Godfrey, Brain J.; Modernizing the Brazilian City; 1991 In: The geograhpical review
type of New Town:
> scale of autonomy
New-Town-in-Town
Satellite
New Town
Company Town
> client
Private Corporation
Public Corporation
> policy
Capital
Decentralization
Industrialization
Resettlement
Economic
The city Recife was founded by Dutch colonists. They transformed the small village they encountered into a commercial centre with a 'Dutch-style morphology of canals, dikes, and bridges in the central area.
source: Godfrey, Brain J.; Modernizing the Brazilian City; 1991 In: The geograhpical review
