Metamorfose de Porto Alegre

Section role: supports the 'A Metamorfose de Porto Alegre' section while the teacher formalizes the urban concepts introduced during the group investigation in Section 2. Slides: (1) Title — 'A Metamorfose de Porto Alegre'; (2) Urbanização — bullets: definition of urban growth, shift from rural to city life, concrete examples from Porto Alegre; (3) Capital e Administração — bullets: definition of capital as an administrative center, political power shifting to the city; (4) O Estuário do Guaíba — bullets: geographic definition of the Guaíba, why it acts like a river and a lake; (5) A Estrada das Águas — bullets: connection between the port and the interior of Rio Grande do Sul, economic trade history; (6) O Surgimento dos Bairros — bullets: formation of the Centro Histórico, expansion toward outer areas; (7) Conexão Geográfica — bullets: how geography dictates economic routes; Closing slide: 'Como o rio Guaíba moldou a cidade em que vivemos hoje?' — sets up the practical urban planning activity in Section 4.