Urban Engineering: Concepts and Challenges

---

See discussions, stats, and author profiles for this publication at: 
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/221908823
Urban Engineering: Concepts and Challenges
Chapter
· May 2010
DOI: 10.5772/9570 · Source: InTech
CITATIONS
3
READS
6,029
1 author:
Some of the authors of this publication are also working on these related projects:
Infrastructure implementation in the slum upgrading process
View project
A sustentabilidade ambiental nos planos diretores: os casos dos municípios de Suzano, Mogi das Cruzes, Biritiba Mirim e Salesópolis na Região Metropolitana de São
Paulo
 
View project
Alex Abiko
University of São Paulo
62
PUBLICATIONS
251
CITATIONS
SEE PROFILE
All content following this page was uploaded by 
Alex Abiko
on 09 July 2014.
The user has requested enhancement of the downloaded file.

---

Urban Engineering: Concepts and Challenges
Alex Abiko
1
Urban Engineering: Concepts and Challenges
Alex Abiko
University of São Paulo - Escola Politécnica
[e-mail]
Brazil
1. Introduction
The purpose of this chapter is to explain the concepts of urban engineering and to highlight
some of the challenges faced by this discipline. The overall idea is to describe how urban
engineering relates to other areas of engineering expertise, particularly within the context of
civil engineering. To do this we have drawn mainly on our own professional and academic
experience, fleshed out by an examination of the relevant literature available both in Brazil
and further afield. At the outset it should be said that most of our observations focus on the
city of São Paulo where our present professional concerns lie. However, in future works we
hope to extend our approach beyond the confines of São Paulo in an effort to broaden and
improve our understanding of the concepts underlying urban engineering as a necessary
prelude to enable us to supply useful guidance for researchers, experts and students keen to
work alongside the engineering professionals currently employed in our cities.