Gabriel Silvestre
Biographic Data
| ID | 3989153 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gabriel Silvestre |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gabriel |
| FAMILY NAME | Silvestre |
| SIGNATURE | SILVESTRE G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Newcastle University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4421-3222 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The games urban elites play
The symbolic dimensions of waterfront regeneration projects: Inter-referencing, legitimating strategies and circulating practices in three Latin American megaprojects
This paper provides a comparative analysis of three symbolic dimensions of waterfront regeneration projects in Latin American cities: the inter-referencing practices alluded to in relation to projects from elsewhere, legitimating strategies that are discursively and materially constructed to present these projects as socially distributive, and subsequent approaches to leverage lessons from these experiences and re-circulate practices to other pla…
Have the Olympics outgrown cities? A longitudinal comparative analysis of the growth and planning of the Olympics and former host cities
This paper examines the growth of the Olympic Games against that of former host cities to understand whether this mega-event may have 'outgrown' its hosts.The increasing hosting requirements and governments' expansive use of mega-events as tools for urban development would suggest that the 'Olympic city'a term we use for describing the size of the Olympics as hosted in different cities over the decadeshas grown at a faster rate than former host c…
The dialogic constitution of model cities: The circulation, encounters and critiques of the Barcelona model in Latin America
Model cities are exemplary cases representing a particular policy and/or practice approach. The external gaze is a necessary condition in the attainment of such prestige and city leaders often engage in promotional activities to boost the reputation of their cities while audiences attempt to translate references into usable knowledge. However, there has been limited attention to how external audiences are implicated in the ‘modelling’ process, as…
Replicated or homegrown planning model? The mutual constitution of ideas, interests and institutions in the delivery of a megaproject in Rio de Janeiro
On the surface, contemporary urban megaprojects suggest a convergence in form: office towers, hotels, museums, shopping and renewed public spaces often involving transnational firms and renowned architectsHowever, framing local policiesas instances of a ‘serial reproduction’ of iconic landscapes obscures more than reveals how circulating planning models are reproduced and institutionalized. To this effect, this paper suggests a complementary appr…
The afterlives of urban megaprojects: Grounding policy models and recirculating knowledge through domestic networks
This paper interrogates and expands understandings of agency in processes of knowledge circulation by focusing on actors switching their position from the demand-side to the supply side of policy knowledge. In doing so, we contribute to recent debates about the importance of accounting to other scales beyond the local–global binary that dominates the policy mobility literature and to the politics of policy translation and dissemination. Emphasis …
The role of mobile policies in coalition building: The Barcelona model as coalition magnet in Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro (1989–1996)
Research on policy mobility has tended to focus on what moves (e.g. policy models, templates) and who moves them (e.g. consultants, international organisations), with less attention paid to the relational politics of grounding dominant ideas in local policymaking. The ‘demand side’ at the end of the mobilisation process (e.g. local authorities and policy actors) is usually depicted as passive or as having stable interests. This assumption is prob…
R io de J aneiro
Brazil's second largest metropolitan area and one of the world's largest megalopolises, Rio de Janeiro is known for the beauty of its natural settings, its cultural heritage, and as a center of the oil and gas industry. It was an important colonial city of the Portuguese empire and capital of Brazil for almost 200 years until the construction of Brasília. Its development trajectory is illustrative of the urbanization process of Brazil, marked by …
The revanchist logic of mega-events: Community displacement in Rio de Janeiro's West End
As the curtains are drawn in London's East End, Brazil and Rio de Janeiro will be under the international spotlight over the next four years. This paper focuses on the process of Olympic city-making in the West End of Rio de Janeiro, where the planning and construction of facilities and transport network have adversely affected low-income settlements. The planning of the Olympic Park has become the latest episode in a series of attempts to drive …
The role of mobile policies in coalition building: The Barcelona model as coalition magnet in Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro (1989–1996)
Research on policy mobility has tended to focus on what moves (e.g. policy models, templates) and who moves them (e.g. consultants, international organisations), with less attention paid to the relational politics of grounding dominant ideas in local policymaking. The ‘demand side’ at the end of the mobilisation process (e.g. local authorities and policy actors) is usually depicted as passive or as having stable interests. This assumption is prob…
The afterlives of urban megaprojects: Grounding policy models and recirculating knowledge through domestic networks
This paper interrogates and expands understandings of agency in processes of knowledge circulation by focusing on actors switching their position from the demand-side to the supply side of policy knowledge. In doing so, we contribute to recent debates about the importance of accounting to other scales beyond the local–global binary that dominates the policy mobility literature and to the politics of policy translation and dissemination. Emphasis …
The symbolic dimensions of waterfront regeneration projects: Inter-referencing, legitimating strategies and circulating practices in three Latin American megaprojects
This paper provides a comparative analysis of three symbolic dimensions of waterfront regeneration projects in Latin American cities: the inter-referencing practices alluded to in relation to projects from elsewhere, legitimating strategies that are discursively and materially constructed to present these projects as socially distributive, and subsequent approaches to leverage lessons from these experiences and re-circulate practices to other pla…
The revanchist logic of mega-events: Community displacement in Rio de Janeiro's West End
As the curtains are drawn in London's East End, Brazil and Rio de Janeiro will be under the international spotlight over the next four years. This paper focuses on the process of Olympic city-making in the West End of Rio de Janeiro, where the planning and construction of facilities and transport network have adversely affected low-income settlements. The planning of the Olympic Park has become the latest episode in a series of attempts to drive …
R io de J aneiro
Brazil's second largest metropolitan area and one of the world's largest megalopolises, Rio de Janeiro is known for the beauty of its natural settings, its cultural heritage, and as a center of the oil and gas industry. It was an important colonial city of the Portuguese empire and capital of Brazil for almost 200 years until the construction of Brasília. Its development trajectory is illustrative of the urbanization process of Brazil, marked by …
The role of mobile policies in coalition building: The Barcelona model as coalition magnet in Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro (1989–1996)
Research on policy mobility has tended to focus on what moves (e.g. policy models, templates) and who moves them (e.g. consultants, international organisations), with less attention paid to the relational politics of grounding dominant ideas in local policymaking. The ‘demand side’ at the end of the mobilisation process (e.g. local authorities and policy actors) is usually depicted as passive or as having stable interests. This assumption is prob…
Replicated or homegrown planning model? The mutual constitution of ideas, interests and institutions in the delivery of a megaproject in Rio de Janeiro
On the surface, contemporary urban megaprojects suggest a convergence in form: office towers, hotels, museums, shopping and renewed public spaces often involving transnational firms and renowned architectsHowever, framing local policiesas instances of a ‘serial reproduction’ of iconic landscapes obscures more than reveals how circulating planning models are reproduced and institutionalized. To this effect, this paper suggests a complementary appr…
The afterlives of urban megaprojects: Grounding policy models and recirculating knowledge through domestic networks
This paper interrogates and expands understandings of agency in processes of knowledge circulation by focusing on actors switching their position from the demand-side to the supply side of policy knowledge. In doing so, we contribute to recent debates about the importance of accounting to other scales beyond the local–global binary that dominates the policy mobility literature and to the politics of policy translation and dissemination. Emphasis …
The dialogic constitution of model cities: The circulation, encounters and critiques of the Barcelona model in Latin America
Model cities are exemplary cases representing a particular policy and/or practice approach. The external gaze is a necessary condition in the attainment of such prestige and city leaders often engage in promotional activities to boost the reputation of their cities while audiences attempt to translate references into usable knowledge. However, there has been limited attention to how external audiences are implicated in the ‘modelling’ process, as…
Have the Olympics outgrown cities? A longitudinal comparative analysis of the growth and planning of the Olympics and former host cities
This paper examines the growth of the Olympic Games against that of former host cities to understand whether this mega-event may have 'outgrown' its hosts.The increasing hosting requirements and governments' expansive use of mega-events as tools for urban development would suggest that the 'Olympic city'a term we use for describing the size of the Olympics as hosted in different cities over the decadeshas grown at a faster rate than former host c…
The games urban elites play
The symbolic dimensions of waterfront regeneration projects: Inter-referencing, legitimating strategies and circulating practices in three Latin American megaprojects
This paper provides a comparative analysis of three symbolic dimensions of waterfront regeneration projects in Latin American cities: the inter-referencing practices alluded to in relation to projects from elsewhere, legitimating strategies that are discursively and materially constructed to present these projects as socially distributive, and subsequent approaches to leverage lessons from these experiences and re-circulate practices to other pla…
Political science (9 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Geography (5 works) · Urban Planning and Governance (5 works) · Economic geography (4 works) · Engineering (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Public Administration (3 works) · Public Policy and Administration Research (3 works) · Regional science (3 works)