This book is a ten-year review of the Porto Maravilha project and the result of ten years of research on Rio de Janeiro conducted under the direction of Professor Anne- Marie Broudehoux from the School of Design of the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQÀM). From 2009 to 2019, Professor Broudehoux has co-directed various research projects by Brazilian researchers who have done internships at UQÀM as part of the Emerging Leaders in the Americas Program and other Brazilian programs. This book was organized by Professor Broudehoux and I, and was funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.