Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-04T18:21:37Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Joselle Davanco.pdf: 8424504 bytes, checksum: e0384d3ef015699d06d6a72962819438 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006-12-13 / The urban public spaces have been the object of frequent studies, but little attention has been given to parks. Parks are places of great historical and cultural value, of social interaction and are essential to the urban configuration. The study entitled: Parks in the inner cities of Sao Paulo, case studies in the cities of Ribeir?o Preto and Monte Alto, SP , discuss the park in relation of it's concrete situation of territory, with it's different rationalities, global and local, systemic and quotidian, aiming for a wider understanding of the reality of the contemporary spaces. To know the park with it's object and action systems, it was necessary to investigate it in different social aspects, including the economical, the cultural and the spacial. Therefore, studies were made at parks located downtown, in consolidate neighborhoods, gated communities and at the suburbs, in small towns and medium sized cities of Sao Paulo. / Os espa?os p?blicos urbanos tem sido objeto de estudo freq?ente, por?m pouco tem se voltado para o espa?o da pra?a. A pra?a ? um local de grande valor hist?rico, cultural e de intera??o social sendo fundamental na configura??o urbana. O trabalho de tema Pra?as do Interior Paulista: estudo de casos nas cidades de Ribeir?o Preto e Monte Alto / SP, pretende discutir a rela??o das pra?as em situa??es concretas do territ?rio, diante de suas diferentes racionalidades, globais e locais, sist?micas e cotidianas, visando o maior entendimento das realidades dos espa?os p?blicos na contemporaneidade. Para se conhecer a pra?a, com seus sistemas de objetos e de a??es, foi necess?rio investig?-la diante das diferentes inst?ncias sociais, abrangendo a economia, a cultura e o espa?o. Assim, foram estudadas as pra?as de bairros centrais, bairros sub-centrais consolidados, condom?nios fechados e na periferia, em cidades de m?dio e pequeno portes do interior Paulista.