Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T13:56:59Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 LuanaHC.pdf: 3449916 bytes, checksum: 5784cb20e0c24e49006f4a28d83af631 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-04-01 / Both the end of the twentieth century and the beginning of the twenty-first century have been characterized as a period of major political, economic, social and cultural transformations. Two of the major consequences of the political-economical crisis of the end of last century are the restructuring of capitalist production, and the consolidation of neoliberalism as a worldwide phenomenon. This new world political-economical scenario has influenced, in a dialectic way, the contemporary urban development. In that sense, "new" spatial processes and new paradigms in both urban management and urban planning have gained shape. In this context of urban transformations, the central areas of western cities, also known as historic centers, are being increasingly (re)valued. Since the Second World War, the historic centers urban areas which have great infrastructure and symbolic relevance had been undergoing a process of evasion of population and activities, undeniably linked to the neglect of government authorities. However, in recent decades, the question of historic centers rehabilitation has acquired a growing interest, academically and in political agendas. The object of this dissertation is to focus on how the government of each Brazil and Portugal has dealt with the issue of historic center rehabilitation through programs of urban rehabilitation / O final do s?culo XX e o in?cio do s?culo XXI tem se caracterizado como um per?odo de grandes transforma??es pol?ticas, econ?micas, sociais e culturais. A crise pol?tico-econ?mica do final do s?culo XX resultou, entre outros, na reestrutura??o da produ??o capitalista e na consolida??o do neoliberalismo como fen?meno global. Esse novo cen?rio pol?tico-econ?mico mundial tem influenciando, de forma dial?tica, o desenvolvimento urbano contempor?neo. Nesse sentido, novos processos espaciais e novos paradigmas na gest?o e no planejamento urbanos v?m ganhando forma. Diante desse contexto de transforma??es urbanas, as ?reas centrais das cidades ocidentais, tamb?m conhecidas como centros hist?ricos, v?m sendo cada vez mais (re)valorizadas. Desde a Segunda Guerra Mundial, os centros hist?ricos, ?reas urbanas dotadas de infra-estrutura e simbolismo, v?m sofrendo um processo de evas?o populacional e de atividades, associado ao descaso do poder p?blico. Entretanto, nas ?ltimas d?cadas, a quest?o da reabilita??o de centros hist?ricos tem adquirido uma visibilidade cada vez maior, seja no meio acad?mico ou ainda nas agendas pol?ticas. Essas ?reas urbanas consolidadas, que h? muito tempo vinham sendo negligenciadas pelos gestores municipais, agora s?o vistas com novos olhos. E ? a forma como o poder p?blico tem lidado com a quest?o da reabilita??o de centros hist?ricos no Brasil e em Portugal, atrav?s dos seus programas de reabilita??o de urbana, o objeto de estudo dessa disserta??o