The Gabinete de Urbanização Colonial (1944-1974) of Portugal was a government office responsible for
urban planning
Urban planning, also known as town planning, city planning, regional planning, or rural planning, is a technical and political process that is focused on the development and design of land use and the built environment, including air, water, ...
in Portuguese
colonies
In modern parlance, a colony is a territory subject to a form of foreign rule. Though dominated by the foreign colonizers, colonies remain separate from the administration of the original country of the colonizers, the '' metropolitan state'' ...
in Africa and Asia. It began operating in 1945. In 1951 it became the Gabinete de Urbanização do Ultramar, and in 1957 the Direcção de Serviços de Urbanismo e Habitação of the
Overseas Ministry public works department. Staff included Joao A. de Aguiar, Rogerio Cavaca, and Pinto Coelho.
See also
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Urban planning in Africa
Urban planning in Africa results from indigenous aesthetics and conceptions of form and function as well as the changes brought on by industrialization, modernization, and colonialism. Before the Berlin Conference of 1884 – 1885, which formaliz ...
: Portuguese colonies
* Portuguese colonies in Africa (20th c.):
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Portuguese Congo
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Portuguese Guinea
Portuguese Guinea ( pt, Guiné), called the Overseas Province of Guinea from 1951 until 1972 and then State of Guinea from 1972 until 1974, was a West African colony of Portugal from 1588 until 10 September 1974, when it gained independence as Gu ...
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Portuguese Mozambique
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Portuguese São Tomé and Príncipe
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External links
* (Press release for an exhibit curated by Ana Vaz Milheiro)
Portuguese Empire
1944 establishments in Portugal
1974 disestablishments in Portugal
Urban planning
Government ministries of Portugal
Defunct organisations based in Portugal
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