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Planning for the 2016 Olympics in Rio

The City of Rio de Janeiro announced the winner of its design contest for the 2016 Olympic Park. Contestants also designed a master-planned, mixed-use neighborhood to take over the space post-Olympics.

27 October 2011 - 7:00am

2016 Olympic Park Competition

An Olympic Ghost Town in Rio de Janeiro

Preparations for the World Cup and Olympics are displacing hundreds of families in Rio de Janeiro. One neighborhood next to a major stadium has been turned into a ghost town.

21 May 2011 - 7:00am

Guardian

Mega-Events Take Toll on Brazil's Slum Dwellers

This op-ed from Al Jazeera looks at some of the negative ways preparations for the World Cup and Olympics are affecting the poor in Brazil.

12 May 2011 - 1:00pm

Al Jazeera

Stadium Renovation Prices out Brazil's Poor from its Most Revered Public Space

As Brazil prepares to host the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics, renovations to the Maracana, an infamous soccer stadium in Rio de Janeiro, are pricing out the city's poor. Some say the work is killing one of the city's few egalitarian public places.

6 May 2011 - 6:00am

The New York Times

New Overhead Transit System Opens in Brazilian Slum

A new gondola cable car system is opening in a Rio de Janeiro slum to improve accessibility.

5 March 2011 - 7:00am

Wired

Rio de Janeiro Residents Protest Olympics Projects

As the city of Rio de Janeiro prepares to host the 2016 Summer Olympics, residents there say many of the projects underway are violating their rights.

26 February 2011 - 9:00am

The Globe and Mail

Rio Begins Work on Massive Port Renovation

Ahead of the 2016 Olympics, the host city of Rio de Janeiro is embarking on a massive redevelopment plan in its decaying port area.

21 February 2011 - 7:00am

Xinhua

Rio's New Citywide Control Room

IBM is partnering with the city of Rio de Janeiro to build a massive "citywide control room" to monitor and respond to emergencies.

28 December 2010 - 8:00am

Fast Company

Rio's Slums to See Massive Redesign

Ahead of the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics, officials in Rio de Janeiro are taking on a massive upgrade project in the city's slums.

8 December 2010 - 11:00am

Guardian

Bringing a Favela to Life With Vibrant Colors

Two artists have teamed with a favela in Rio de Janeiro to use bright colors to re-frame the slum as a more vibrant area.

20 November 2010 - 5:00am

CNN

Re-Rio

With the next World Cup and the 2016 Summer Olympics on their way, Rio de Janeiro is in the midst of a vast citywide regeneration campaign.

11 September 2010 - 9:00am

Smithsonian Magazine

Hopeful Progress in Brazil's Slums

Redeveloping the slums of Rio de Janeiro has been on the city's agenda for decades. Despite the many challenges, some new efforts seem to be paying off.

11 August 2010 - 5:00am

People's Daily

Questions of Relocation in Rio's Unstable Favelas

Mudslides and unstable housing are common in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro where officials are trying to get people to relocate to safer areas.

7 July 2010 - 8:00am

BBC

Chicago & Rio's Green Ambitions

This article reviews the lengths Rio and Chicago went to show the Olympic Committee their green ambitions. Hint: both planted trees.

16 October 2009 - 11:00am

Fast Company

The Planetizen News Brief - 10/16/09

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Saving money by housing the homeless, Western cities team up to lure high speed rail funds, and the work begins on Rio's Olympic preparations -- all on this week's Planetizen News Brief, airing weekly on the nationally-syndicated radio show "Smart City". Read, download or listen.

16 October 2009 - 5:00am

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Real Work to Begin on Rio's Olympic Plans

Rio de Janeiro has been named the host of the 2016 Summer Olympics. Now, the city has to start making its Olympic promises come true.

11 October 2009 - 7:00am

USA Today

Why Rio Won the 2016 Olympics

Rio de Janeiro has been selected as the host of the 2016 Summer Olympics. This analysis from NPR looks at why the Brazilian city was the obvious choice.

5 October 2009 - 2:00pm

NPR

South American Olympics Overdue or Undercooked?

As the International Olympic Committee prepares to announced the host of the 2016 Summer Olympics this week, South Americans are hoping it's finally their time. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil is one of four finalists, but some say the city isn't ready.

29 September 2009 - 10:00am

Time

Room for Improvement in Prospective Olympic Host Cities

A new report from the International Olympic Committee has evaluated the four host candidates for the 2016 Summer Olympics and found many places for improvement ahead of its October 2 decision.

3 September 2009 - 6:00am

The Chicago Tribune

Sunning in the Slums

Taking a hint from heightened interest in Brazil's favelas, a German developer plans to build 10 villas in a Rio de Janeiro slum, which he'll market as the new tourist hotspot.

18 March 2009 - 10:00am

International Herald Tribune

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