the mandate of pereira passos radically changed the profile of the city - his urbanization implementations resulted in a complete remodeling and improvement of important parts of the city, transforming rio de janeiro from a colonial city into a modern world-capital, so much to first receive the title of 'marvelous city'.  

published by the secretaria municipal de urbanismo instituto municipal de urbanismo pereira passos, the study pereira passos: vida e obra  (pereira passos: life an achievements) by manoel carlos pinheiro and renato fialho jr, covers in detail the landmark urbanization programs and reforms carried out by mayor francisco perreira passos in the first decade of the 20th century.