Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T13:57:22Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 LarissaCMA.pdf: 3448770 bytes, checksum: 0288faa5858a50c76d71674fafbab097 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2005-11-28 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior / The present research if inserts in the subject of the habitation of social interest and its relation with the sanitation infra-structure questions (sewer, water, draining and garbage). Having as study universe the narrow river of the Forty , situated one in the city of Manaus, capital of Amazon, approaches questions that if present between the necessities of housing and the especificidades of the natural environment, whose characteristics evidence limits for the implantation of adequate habitations. The objective is to analyze the possibilities and the limits of the urban?stica regularization in the palafitas of the narrow rivers of Manaus, in view of the factors of habitability and ambient protection, expresses for the sanitation system - sanitary exhaustion, water supply, urban draining and garbage collection. The work approaches initially relative the conceptual aspects to the subject of social habitation in the country and its relation with the habitability factors, also focusing the question of the housing and the processes of urban informality in the city of Manaus. It deals with the process of constitution of the palafitas in the space of the city and its relation with the habitacionais politics, presenting the analysis of the implantation of the palafitas in relation to the sanitation infra-structure conditions (sewer, water, draining and garbage). As conclusion, it identifies to the possibilities and limits of urban?stica regularization of the palafitas implanted to the long one of the narrow river of the Forty , taking in consideration the systems of the sanitation infrastructure / A presente pesquisa se insere no tema da habita??o de interesse social e sua rela??o com as quest?es de infra-estrutura de saneamento (esgoto, ?gua, drenagem e lixo). Tendo como universo de estudo o Igarap? do Quarenta, situado na cidade de Manaus, capital do Amazonas, aborda quest?es que se apresentam entre as necessidades de moradia e as especificidades do meio f?sico natural, cujas caracter?sticas evidenciam limites para a implanta??o de habita??es adequadas. O objetivo ? analisar as possibilidades e os limites da regulariza??o urban?stica nas palafitas dos Igarap?s de Manaus, tendo em vista os fatores de habitabilidade e prote??o ambiental, expressos pelo sistema de saneamento esgotamento sanit?rio, abastecimento de ?gua, drenagem urbana e coleta de lixo. O trabalho aborda inicialmente os aspectos conceituais relativos ao tema de habita??o social no pa?s e sua rela??o com os fatores de habitabilidade, enfocando tamb?m a quest?o da moradia e os processos de informalidade urbana na cidade de Manaus. Trata do processo de constitui??o das palafitas no espa?o da cidade e sua rela??o com as pol?ticas habitacionais, apresentando a an?lise da implanta??o das palafitas em rela??o ?s condi??es de infra-estrutura de saneamento (esgoto, ?gua, drenagem e lixo). Como conclus?o, identifica as possibilidades e limites de regulariza??o urban?stica das palafitas implantadas ao longo do Igarap? do Quarenta, levando-se em considera??o os sistemas da infra-estrutura de saneamento

This thesis contributes to scholarship on applying the Capability Approach (CA) in the informal water sector in post-colonial cities in the Global South. It lays out helpful insights in the field of Sustainable Development Goal no. 6- clean water and sanitation in the backdrop of climate justice. This research aims to translate theoretical roots of the CA into meaningful participatory policy by using a case study approach complimented by different methods of qualitative data collection. The empirical findings are built on in-depth semi-structured interviews and focus-group discussions with participants from informal settlements in India and Indonesia, members of universities, NGOs, government organizations and peoples’ collectives. This study underscores that cities in the global south are complex and that to study them requires more epistemic diversity guided by a decolonial lens. It starts with a systematic literature review, followed by a purposive literature review. The reviews generated four themes: (i) Human needs, well-being and development; (ii) Social cohesion and community processes; (iii) Water security and psycho-social stress and (iv) Vulnerabilities, resilience and adaption. After which, three overarching theories guided the conceptual framework- Sen’s Capability Approach, Ostrom’s theory of the commons, and combined theories of socio-ecological resilience. Through its findings, it proposes the Capability Locus Pathway for Socio-Spatial Change, along with the concept of the Capability Space, to evaluate what transformative processes look like in informal urban spaces and what power communities have in terms of agency and opportunities to lead such collective action. / IDF-Global Challenges Research Fund