at a glance

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

Presented by the    Revista VITAS - Visões Transdisciplinares sobre Ambiente e Sociedade - Universidade Federal Fluminense, the study Barra da Tijuca (RJ), Plano Piloto, Legislação e Realidade: O processo de urbanização, ocupação e suas consequências ambientais -  Master Plan, Legislation and Reality: The processes of urbanization and occupation and their environmental consequences, by Tatiana Fernandes, focuses on the contradictions between urban law and urban reality in Barra da Tijuca, a neighborhood in the city of Rio de Janeiro, through the description of its  master plans. Present by casa do rio de janeiro, the study novas adutoras, reservatórios e elevatórias - New water mains, reservoirs and elevators, explains how The plan for the provision of water to the city of Rio de Janeiro was brought about by a proclamation of the Republic and the creation of general inspections of public works in the federal capital.