at a glance

on this page we listed all neighborhoods in rio, including unofficial neighborhoods, divided by city zone - on this link by wikimapia it is possible to see a satellite view of the district of tijuca - this map shows all neighborhoods in rio de janeiro, grouped by city zone and color coded - zona west in pink, zona north in green, zona sul in light green, and zona central in beige.  

rio de janeiro's prefecture, through the instituto pereira passos, makes data and statistics about the district of tijuca available on this link, including data on land (território e meio ambiente), population (população) housing (domicílios), health (saúde), education (educação), buildings (imóveis), and infrastructure (infraestrutura).  

Presented by rio de janeiro's prefecture, the study Rio de Janeiro: uma cidade conectada por túneis (rio de janeiro:  a city connected by tunnels), by Ronaldo Cerqueira Carvalho looks at the many urban tunnels in the city of Rio de Janeiro and shows a wave of influences expanded by the advent of each one of the carioca tunnels, on the prism of socio economics, cultural and humanists connections, mirrored and catalyzed by the flux that these passages make viable.