O trabalho procura compreender o processo de estagnação urbana do distrito do Pari, um fenômeno que ocorre em determinadas áreas da metrópole como uma forma de criarem fronteiras de expansão ao capital imobiliário. Para compreender como esse processo ocorreu no distrito do Pari foi analisada a história da formação geográfica do bairro, a história social e demográfica, a história da atividade imobiliária e econômica e a história da Política pública do espaço. O processo ocorrido no Pari mostrou que o distrito concentra diversas atividades, usos, estrutura e população que, na verdade, podem ser considerados estagnados. Mas, mais importante do que a estagnação, é o fato que a sociedade considera essas atividades, usos, estrutura e população com desprezo e isso é uma forma ideológica que traz este conceito, uma vez que é associado com as classes mais pobres. / This thesis seeks the understanding the process of urban stagnation that took place in the District of Pari, São Paulo, Brazil. Urban stagnation is understood as a process which occurs in certain areas of a metropolis as a means of establishing barriers for the expansion of real estate capital. For the purpose of understanding how this process has occurred in that district it is analyzed its demographic, geographic, urban-spatial, economic, social and governmental history. Similarities and differences between different central districts of São Paulo are studied in order to understand the process Pari has undergone. It was shown that the district concentrates several activities, land uses, structures and population which, in fact, may be considered stagnant, but more important than that is the fact that society as a whole looks upon such activities, population, structures and land uses, with scorn and that stagnation is an ideological way of conveying that contempt, since they are associated with lower social classes.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-03-15T19:22:14Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Larissa Francez Zarpelon.pdf: 10138421 bytes, checksum: d97723a919cdbbb366fda7b098f85f93 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-08-16 / Fundo Mackenzie de Pesquisa / This study aims to identify the possible potential that ephemeral occupation, through cultural events, has on transforming public areas in downtown São Paulo. The focus of the analysis was the historical city center, consisting of the Sé and República districts, and the event, the Virada Cultural (Cutural All-Nighter), as it has been taking place since 2005, primarily in the region and proposes to be a tool for re-appropriation of the space by city residents. Through a conceptual and theoretical discourse that provides an overview of the city and the contemporary public space, from a historical, economic and urban perspective, as well as the inclusion of the 'culture' topic in urban policy, we proceeded to survey press reports about the Virada Cultural, so as to compare them to the official discourse provided by the organizers, through documents and press conferences. The study reveals that democratic and plural cultural events can serve as one of the possible instruments for the government to stimulate the occupation and symbolic requalification of São Paulo s historical center. / Este estudo objetivou identificar a eventual potencialidade da ocupação efêmera, por meio de eventos culturais, para transformar o espaço público da região central da cidade de São Paulo. O foco da análise foi o Centro Histórico do município, constituído pelos distritos da Sé e República, e o evento, a Virada Cultural, por ser realizada, desde 2005, prioritariamente na região e propor-se como ferramenta de reapropriação do espaço pelo cidadão. Ao lado de uma discussão conceitual e teórica para traçar um panorama da cidade e do espaço público contemporâneos, a partir de uma perspectiva histórico-econômica e urbanística, bem como da inserção do tema cultura nas políticas urbanas, procedeu-se ao levantamento de informações divulgadas na imprensa sobre a Virada Cultural, para compará-la ao discurso oficial de seus organizadores, por meio de documentos e entrevista coletiva. O estudo revela que eventos culturais de caráter democrático e plural podem se configurar como um dos instrumentos possíveis para o poder público estimular a ocupação e requalificação simbólica do Centro Histórico de São Paulo.

Governance is defined here as the process of decision-making and implementation. Public participation which leads on from good governance is a process leading to a joint effort by stakeholders, technical specialists, the authorities and the developing agent who work together to produce better decisions than if they had acted independently. Environmental decision-making and environmental partnerships go hand in hand in the sense that good environmental decision-making can only take place if sustainable environmental partnerships are formed. This thesis focuses on the case study of the Warwick Junction Urban Renewal Programme as an example of an area based management development project in the eThekwini Municipality. Warwick Junction is a vibrant trading and transport node in the heart of the city. The area is complex in terms of its biophysical, societal, economic and political structures. The purpose of the implementation of an Urban Renewal Program in July 1996 in Warwick Junction was to uplift and upgrade this inner city area so as to provide an improved trading and residential environment. A large number of projects that fall under this renewal programme have been completed. Community involvement in these projects has been implemented via community representation on a steering committee. It is proposed that a process of good governance is necessary to integrate sustainability into all spheres of development. The aim of this research therefore is to assess the decision-making processes for a number of environmental projects in Warwick Junction. The following projects that have already been completed will be the focus of this study: The Warwick Triangle Playground, Herb Traders Market, Bovine Head Cookers facility, Mealie Cookers Facility and the Badsha Peer Project. Theories of urban governance, public participation, environmental decision-making and environmental partnerships under the broader framework of sustainability, form the conceptual framework for this study. A qualitative approach has been employed in this research. Primary data has been derived from focus groups and open-ended interviews. A set of social sustainability indicators that was derived from the theoretical framework was used to determine the most successful project. Results show that the Mealie Cookers Project displayed all the characteristics of good urban governance. It is also considered to be a sustainable project because as part of its commitment to the urban renewal programme it has balanced the social, economic and environmental needs of present and future generations in Warwick Junction. This was the most successful project out of the five projects as it ranked very high on the social sustainability indicator table followed by the Muthi Traders market, the Badsha Peer Shelter, the Playground Facility and lastly the Bovine Head Cookers facility. The Muthi Market ranked as high as the Mealie Cookers Project on the social sustainability indicator table. This is due to adequate participation with affected communities which allowed them to contribute towards the decision-making process. The strength of the Badsha Peer Shelter Project lies in the good governance and good environmental decisions being taken, win-win partnerships and overall empowerment of stakeholders. The Playground Facility brought with it many political tensions as there were two civic associations that were at loggerheads with each other surrounding the whole project. The strength of this project lies in its transformative participation as the affected communities ideas were used to decide on the location of the park. There were also many political tensions among the Bovine Head Cookers. As a result of the cookers belonging to different political parties, an issue of territory was brought to the surface. Due to serious conflict between cookers and the renewal team, this project has taken three years to implement. It is thus considered to be the most unsuccessful project out of the five projects researched. It is therefore evident that three out of the five projects have been successful, displaying appropriate environmental governance. The results indicate that the environmental decision-making mechanisms that have been employed by the urban renewal team have been transformative in the sense that they not only give a voice to the communities, but also have empowered them in the process. Adequate public participation has also contributed to the success of the programme along with win-win types of partnerships that have formed. It is therefore concluded that the urban renewal decision-making mechanisms implemented in the Warwick Junction have contributed to the sustainability of the development programme. / Thesis (M.Sc.)-University of Natal, Durban, 2004.

David Rusk claims in Cities Without Suburbs that elastic American cities are less segregated than other American cities. I demonstrate through statistical analyses that there is a strong correlation between Rusk's elasticity (an index comprised of a central city's annexation history since 1950 and its population density) and his income segregation index. The statistical correlation between these two variables is stronger than between Rusk's segregation index and any other variable I test, including city age, size, regional location, and black population percentage. I then consider several hypotheses that may explain these correlations and propose that the continuous annexation of peripheral, developing land by a central city prevents the incorporation of affluent suburbs. Suburban boundaries, especially those of affluent suburbs, function as population sorting mechanisms, which segregate migrant households by socioeconomic status and life-style. I ascertain that only rapidly growing, unbounded central cities prevent or ameliorate segregation by being elastic. / Department of Urban Planning

Thesis (MS en S)--Stellenbosch University, 2000. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Development planning, or more specifically integrated development planning, has been identified as the most appropriate form of planning to satisfy the wide range of needs of the very diverse populations of South Africa's cities and towns, and to mirror the political and social changes brought about by the advent of democracy. In this study the evolution of the concept of development planning as well as the present form of integrated development planning in South Africa is looked at. This is complemented with a study of the process itself, as it has materialised in reality in six local governments. What was found was that an innovative system has come about, culminating in the first cycle of the integrated development planning system. This consists of a number of steps or phases, namely, assessing the current reality, formulating goals and strategies, and ultimately monitoring and reviewing what has been achieved, all guided by a set of predetermined principles and implemented through the municipality's budget. It was found that the process has much potential to plan for real development, allow for authentic public participation and promote sectoral and intergovernmental integration. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Ontwikkelingsbeplanning, en meer spesifiek, geintegreerde ontwikkelingsbeplanning, is geidentifiseer as die mees toepaslike vorm van beplanning wat die wydlopende behoeftes van Suid-Afrika se stede en dorpe, en sy diverse bevolking suksesvol kan aanspreek. Dit is veral van toepassing om die nuwe politieke en maatskaplike veranderinge, wat deur die instel van demokratiese regering geskep is, te weerspieel, In die werkstuk is die evolusie van die konsep van ontwikkelingsbeplanning asook die huidige formaat van geintegreerde ontwikkelingsbeplanning in Suid-Afrika ondersoek. Dit is gemeet deur 'n studie van die verloop van die proses in ses plaaslike besture. Uit die studie is vasgestel dat 'n innoverende sisteem ontwikkel is, wat geeindig het met die eerste siklus van die proses van gemtegreerde ontwikkelingsbeplanning. Die siklus bestaan uit 'n aantal stappe of fases, soos: beraming van die huidige realiteite, formulering van doelstellings en strategiee, en uiteindelik die monitering en oorsig van wat bereik is. Dit alles word gerig deur 'n stel voorafbepaalde beginsels en geimplementeer deur die munisipaliteit se begroting. Dit is bevind dat die proses potensiaal het vir beplanning om reele ontwikkeling moontlik te maak, werklike publieke deelname toelaat, en sektorale en interregerings integrasie bevorder.

Thesis (MA)--University of Stellenbosch, 2004. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Recently there has been growing interest in evaluating the performance and outcomes of spatial planning policies worldwide. In response to this a research was carried out to evaluate and monitor the effectiveness of spatial planning policies in the Cape Metropolitan Area (CMA). The Planning Indicators Model (PIM), which consists of a set of twenty-six indicators, was applied to monitor and measure the extent to which the Metropolitan Spatial Development Framework (MSDF) has affected land use and physical development in the CMA. To achieve the aim of the study, the research was divided into three phases. The first phase involved a literature review, the second phase involved interviews with planning officials and lastly, the collection of different thematic datasets required to run the Planning Indicators Model. The data sets were used to monitor and display spatiotemporal variations in conformance and performance indices in the form of maps. These maps were used to identify areas where strengths can be protected and where weaknesses need to be corrected. From a set of 26 indicators used for this study only two indicators monitored conformances (Growth of informal housing townships) over the period 1993 – 1998; the others simply indicated the present conditions. This means that the rest of the indicators did not show trends. However, the data are presented in this report as a useful baseline for future conformance and performance monitoring exercises. The study also revealed that for the past twelve years the MSDF has been the subject of extensive debate within the local authorities. Also several indicators seem to overlap and need to be clearly defined, thus it is recommended that some of these indicators should be combined to avoid duplication and confusion. Generally, the PIM can assist in making the impact of spatial planning greater in the CMA. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Onlangs is daar wêreldwyd groeiende belangstelling in die prestasies en uitkomstes van ruimtelike beplannings- beleide. In reaksie daarop is hierdie navorsing gedoen om die doeltreffendheid van die ruimtelike beplannings- beleide van die Kaapse Metropolitaanse Gebied (KMG) te evalueer en te monitor. Die Beplannings Aanwysers Model (BAM) wat bestaan uit ‘n stel van ses-en- twintig aanwysers, is aangewend om te meet tot hoeverre die Metropolitaanse Ruimtelike Ontwikkelings Raamwerk grondgebruik en fisiese ontwikkeling in die Kaapse Metropolitaanse Gebied beïnvloed het. Om die doelwit van hierdie studie te verwesenlik, is die navorsing gedoen in drie fases. Die eerste fase bestaan uit ‘n oorsig van die literatuur en die tweede fase uit onderhoude met amptenare verantwoordelik vir beplanning. Die laaste fase beslaan die versameling van die verskillende tematiese stelle data wat benodig word vir die Beplannings Aanwysers Model. Die stelle data is gebruik om die ruimtelike- en tydsvariasies in die konformering- en prestasie indekse te monitor en ten toon te stel in die vorm van kaarte. Hierdie kaarte is gebruik om die gebiede te identifiseer waar sterkpunte behoue moet bly en waar swakpunte reggestel moet word. Uit die stel van 26 aanwysers wat gebruik is vir hierdie studie, het net twee aanwysers konformering (Die groei van dorpsgebiede met informele behuising) gedurende die periode 1993 – 1998 gemonitor; die ander het eenvoudig die huidige toestand aangetoon. Dit beteken dat die ander aanwysers nie tendense aangetoon het nie. Die data word egter in hierdie verslag weergee as ‘n nuttige basis vir die toekomstige monitor van konformering en prestasie. Die studie toon ook aan dat daar gedurende die afgelope twaalf jaar baie deur plaaslike owerhede gedebatteer is oor die Metropolitaanse Ruimtelike Ontwikkelings Raamwerk. Ook oorvleuel sommige van die aanwysers en moet hulle meer duidelik omskryf word. Dus word daar aanbeveel dat sommige van die aanwysers gekombineer moet word om duplikasie en verwarring te voorkom. Oor die algemeen kan die Beplanning Aanwysers Model help om die impak van ruimtelike beplanning op die Kaapse Metropolitaanse Gebied te bevorder.

A aplicação do instituto do solo criado enquanto instrumento de políticas urbanas requer estudos compreensivos sobre a propriedade, a ciência do Direito e sua função socioambiental, o direito de construir, o planejamento, a ordenação do solo, a atividade edilícia e a criação de instrumentos de intervenção na cidade, dentre outros. Nesta perspectiva, organizou-se este texto dissertativo com o objetivo de analisar a outorga onerosa do direito de construir enquanto instrumento de política urbana considerando os propósitos e a legislação das municipalidades para densificar áreas urbanas das cidades. Por outro lado, destaca-se o papel da propriedade, sua busca de valorização neste processo e as implicações sobre a qualidade de vida, o trânsito e as formas de ocupação e uso do solo. A delimitação do trabalho é o espaço urbano e as ações municipais para densificar áreas desde a lei federal 10.257/2001, o Estatuto da Cidade, que instituiu este instrumento como um recurso para gerenciar o espaço urbano. Em especial, citam-se casos da cidade de Curitiba-PR, onde este instituto circula como um recurso para concretizar as metas do Plano Diretor. A metodologia é de natureza qualitativa e as discussões estão fundamentadas em documentos e textos da imprensa, da academia e de interlocutores que apresentam casos de aplicação do instituto. Conclui-se que o instrumento solo criado pode funcionar como fator de densificação e trazer resultados não previstos pelos habitantes das cidades, mas atender o que foi planejado pelos dirigentes municipais e empreendedores que produzem o espaço urbano. Verificou-se que a outorga onerosa do direito de construir favorece o capital imobiliário, concorre para a flexibilização do plano urbanístico e estabelece conjunturas de negociações entre setor público e os atores envolvidos. Em Curitiba-PR, em conformidade com os casos estudados, foram observados estes três fatores para estimular a ocupação intensiva de espaços: por meio da verticalização, da densificação e da conservação do patrimônio. Neste sentido, a outorga onerosa do direito de construir gerou, segundo os exemplos analisados, a concretização do planejamento urbano voltado para valorizar ainda mais determinadas áreas da cidade que já possuem infraestrutura e transformá-las em núcleos atrativos para investimentos. / The implementations of the value capture mechanism institute as an instrument of urban politics require comprehensive studies about property and the science within the law. It also demands deep understanding of its social and environmental role, the right to build, the planning, the soil ordering, the building activity and the establishment of mechanisms for intervening in the city, among others. From this perspective, this dissertation aims to analyze the cumbersome granting of the right to build as a tool of urban strategies, considering the purposes and municipalities laws to densify urban areas in cities. On the other hand, the role of the property is emphasized as well as its quest for appreciation in the process and the implications upon the quality of life, the traffic, the soil´s use and its occupation. The scope of this paper is the urban environment and the municipal actions to densify areas in conformity to the Statute of the City’s Law 10.257/2001, which stablished this mechanism as a resource for managing the urban environment. In particular, case studies in the city of Curitiba-PR are mentioned, where this institute is applied as a resource to materialize the goals stablished by the City’s Master Plan. The methodology is of qualitative nature and the discussions are based on documents and writings from the press, from the academy and from the interlocutors that present cases of the institute’s implementation. In conclusion, the mechanism of the value capture can operate as a densification factor and bring unexpected results to the city’s inhabitants. However, it attends to what was planned by the municipal executives and the ntrepreneurs who develop the urban space. It was verified that the cumbersome granting of the right to build benefits the real estate capital, compete with the urban plan flexibility and establishes negotiation between the public sector and the involved actors. In Curitiba-PR, in accordance to the case studies, three factors to stimulate the intensive occupation of areas were analyzed. They were: the verticalization, the densification and the heritage conservation. In this sense, the cumbersome granting of the right to build has generated, according to the analyzed examples, the materialization of the urban plan oriented to value even more certain areas of the city that already have infrastructure and convert them into attractive centers of investments.

This thesis seeks to address a research gap concerning the relationship between the Localism Act 2011 and planning’s central purpose of achieving sustainable development. In addition it uses a physical example in urban space to illustrate the main arguments, and in doing so adds to the growing literature on the various outcomes since the Localism Act was enforced across England in 2011. The thesis asks four inter-related questions: Firstly, regarding the theoretical bases of sustainability and localism from the various ontologies of ‘scale’ and ‘the natural’; secondly, regarding the general conflicting assumptions within localism and sustainable development; thirdly, regarding the ways in which sustainable development is inherently multi-scalar; and lastly how our case study example highlights the need for policy-makers to examine the often overlooked trade-offs which exist in normative sustainable development models. The thesis also demonstrates the role that site-specific research can play in grounding theoretical and policy discussions. The research is situated in the rapidly changing sub-region of East London, particularly in the shadow of the 2012 Olympic regeneration of Stratford and the Borough of Newham. We take the example of a failed upgrade due the Localism Act, of a multi-scalar and multi-functional ‘Greenway’ to consider the relationship between localism and sustainable urbanism in the context neo-liberalism. Methods comprise site-based analysis in the form of walking, photography and note-taking, the analysis of national, metropolitan and local planning documents, as well as interviews with officials related to policy and design in the area and local residents. The research finds that national and metropolitan conceptions of sustainable development are weighted differently to those at local scales. In addition the Localism Act exacerbates planning capacities between Local Authorities and the communities they serve. There are some opportunities for neighbourhood planning but these are dependent on local capacities, widening already-existing socio-spatial inequalities. The thesis concludes by destabilising the widely used idea of sustainable development as a ‘balance’ between social, economic and environmental needs. Viewing sustainability through a scalar lens, in our case using a physical site and the policy of Localism, we are able to reveal the material differences between sustainable development agendas which have been criticised for masking over conflict in a post-political manner for the continuation of ‘status quo’ economic development trajectories.

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Made available in DSpace on 2015-05-14T12:09:30Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 arquivototal.pdf: 3374093 bytes, checksum: 95f2b5953896a6a8faf835b717a68fcd (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-12-12 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / The new rules of urban policy in the Brazil, down from the 1988 Constitution and regulated by the City Statute (2001), established a mandatory participation of civil society in the drafting of municipal master plans, which have become the basic tool for national policy in urban development. This study aims to analyze at what level is the civil society participation, particularly the social popular segments at the spaces for dialogue established in the drafting of the Santa Rita - PB Participatory Master Plan, and assess to what extent the proposals were incorporated in the Law of this Plan. In order to assess the social participation in various stages of Master Plan s preparation, studies on levels of social participation were adopted, related to the degree of empowerment and decision-making power of the social sectors, on their relationship with the public sector. In the development of research, a quantitative and qualitative approach was adopted, from documentary records and interviews, also using the technique of content analysis. As a result, it was found that in various stages of Santa Rita Participatory Master Plan, social participation took place at various levels, ranging from situations of non-participation to moments that occurred some participation of the social popular segments. This demonstrates that local social organizations still have a long way to go in order to have a more effective participation in decision-making processes, relating to the planning and management of urban policies in Santa Rita county, from the perspective of a citizen participation, an effective and democratic exercise of a society with rights, in order to build a more just and democratic city, a city of all. / As novas regras da política urbana do país, estabelecidas a partir da Constituição de 1988 e regulamentadas pelo Estatuto da Cidade (2001), tornaram obrigatória a participação da sociedade civil no processo de elaboração de planos diretores municipais, que passaram a ser o instrumento básico da política nacional de desenvolvimento urbano. Este trabalho tem como objetivo analisar em que nível se deu a participação da sociedade civil, em especial dos segmentos sociais populares, nos espaços de diálogo estabelecidos no processo de elaboração do Plano Diretor Participativo de Santa Rita - PB, bem como avaliar em que medida as propostas apresentadas foram incorporadas na Lei do referido Plano. Para avaliar a participação social nas diversas etapas de elaboração do Plano Diretor, adotou-se estudos sobre níveis de participação social, relacionados ao grau de empoderamento e poder de decisão dos segmentos sociais, na sua relação com o setor público. No desenvolvimento da pesquisa, optou-se por uma abordagem quantitativa e qualitativa, a partir de registros documentais e entrevistas, utilizando-se também a técnica da análise de conteúdo. Como resultado, verificou-se que, nas várias fases do processo de elaboração do Plano Diretor Participativo de Santa Rita, a participação social se deu em vários níveis, que vão desde situações de não-participação a momentos em que ocorreu algum nível de participação dos segmentos sociais populares. Isso demonstra que há um longo caminho a ser percorrido pelas organizações sociais locais, para se ter uma participação mais efetiva nos processos de tomadas de decisão relativas ao planejamento e gestão de políticas urbanas, no município de Santa Rita, na perspectiva de uma participação cidadã, num exercício democrático efetivo de uma sociedade de direitos, na construção de uma cidade mais justa e democrática, uma cidade de todos.