scholarly journals Urban planning instruments for promoting social interest housing: from zoning to obligatory percentages in São Paulo, Brazil, in dialog with Bogotá, Colombia

2015 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 99 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paula Freire Santoro
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Social Interest ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Urban Restructuring ◽  
Housing Policies ◽  
Low Income Families ◽  
The Right ◽  
The City

One of the major challenges for urban planning in Latin America is to provide low-income families with housing in areas that have an infrastructure and a good supply of jobs and services, thereby promoting diversity and equity, translated by mixing classes, races and social cohesion. This mission becomes increasingly difficult in a neoliberal capitalist context which transfers the task of providing land and housing for low-income families to the market and where the logic of such actions is based on achieving more rent from land and consequently of the holding of real estate becoming more profitable. This paper sets out to discuss two proposals for urban instruments that dialog with the production of housing through the market and guarantee of the right to the city. The first centered on the reserve of land for the production of social interest housing (HIS, in Portuguese) in the zoning by creating Special Social Interest Housing Zones (ZEIS, in Portuguese), spread throughout Brazil, and described here based on the experience of São Paulo. Or else, comparatively, classifying land to be used as a priority for social housing (vivienda de interés prioritário) widespread in Colombia, and here presented by the Bogota experience. There is another, which already has international experience and has recently been debated in Brazil, which consists of conceiving of the promotion of social interest housing policies based on the regulation of urban restructuring but experiences of this are rare in Brazil. These may be termed as inclusive housing policies. As a result, this article points out that the creation of alternative regulations has set the tone for the market to exclude itself  from producing housing of social interest, and guarantees greater profitability to commercial undertakings. 

scholarly journals A autoadvocacia e a educação sociocomunitária: a pedagogia freireana como norte político de ação visando a efetivação dos direitos dos oprimidos (p. 235-242)

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica Aparecida Paulino Freitas
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Community Education ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Paulo Freire ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Education Community ◽  
Low Income Families ◽  
La Caridad ◽  
The City

A resenha analisa uma obra cujo tema central é um estudo sobre a autoadvocacia, fundamentado na aplicação dessa prática com grupos de famílias de baixa renda “assistidos” por uma instituição filantrópica de matriz espírita, localizada na cidade de Campinas, no Estado São Paulo. Este estudo deu-se, metodologicamente, pela pesquisa qualitativa, na modalidade de observação participante, no período de agosto de 2011 a maio de 2012. O autor usou como base fundamental teórica a pedagogia libertadora de Paulo Freire e os princípios da educação sociocomunitária.Palavras-chave: Direito à igualdade. Justiça social e educação. Educação comunitária. Práxis pedagógica.AbstractThe review analyzes a work whose central theme is a study on self-contradiction, based on the application of this practice to groups of low income families “assisted” by a philanthropic institution with a spiritist base, located in the city of Campinas, São Paulo. This study was methodologically based on qualitative research, in the mode of participant observation, from August 2011 to May 2012. The author used Paulo Freire’s liberating pedagogy and the principles of Sociocommunication Education as a fundamental theoretical basis.Keywords: Right to equality. Social justice and education. Community education. Pedagogical praxis.ResumenLa resenha analiza una obra cuyo tema central es un estudio sobre la autoadvocacia, basado en la aplicación de esta práctica con grupos de familias de bajos ingresos “asistidos” por una sede de la caridad espiritualista situado en Campinas, Sao Paulo. Este estudio se llevó a cabo, metodológicamente, la investigación cualitativa, el modo de observación participante, de agosto de 2011 a mayo de 2012. El autor utiliza como base fundamental teórico para la liberación de la pedagogía de Paulo Freire y los principios de la educación socio-comunitaria.Palabras clave: Derecho a la igualdad. La justicia social y la educación. Educación de la comunidad. Praxis pedagógica.

Tentative friendships among low-income migrants in São Paulo’s commercial districts

Urban Studies ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 55 (3) ◽  
pp. 522-537 ◽  
Author(s):  
Megha Amrith
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Institutional Support ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
Ethnographic Research ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
Municipal Policies ◽  
The City ◽  
Networks Of Support

The city of São Paulo, historically important as a destination for migrants from across the world, has experienced newer waves of immigration in the past few decades. As Brazilian national legislation and municipal policies have been ill prepared to handle these recent flows, migrants find themselves without much institutional support and rely instead on other networks to find their way in the city. This article is based on ethnographic research among low-income migrants in São Paulo, many of whom are employed as tailors and garment vendors in the city’s thriving central commercial neighbourhoods. Migrants from Bolivia, Peru, China, Pakistan and Nepal co-exist alongside working-class Brazilians. This article traces the everyday forms of conviviality among these migrants who find themselves in precarious conditions in São Paulo. It will consider the lines along which friendships and networks of support and sociability are built and the depth of such relationships. It also considers the points of tension which divide people and strain potential friendships, for instance, when migrants compete to sell their goods and are exploited by ‘fellow migrants’ to survive in the city. What we see is an ambivalent field of interaction that is convivial yet competitive and distrustful.

scholarly journals The Right to the City and the public sphere: between political participation and the renewal of the legal urbanistic order

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (51) ◽  
pp. 629-650
Author(s):  
Arthur Hirata Prist ◽  
Maria Paula Dallari Bucci
Keyword(s):  
Political Participation ◽  
Public Sphere ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
Right To The City ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Public Sphere ◽  
The Right ◽  
The City

Resumo Este artigo propõe uma análise dos aspectos políticos e jurídicos do Direito à Cidade sob a perspectiva do conceito de esfera pública. O Direito à Cidade é interpretado como um elo dinâmico entre a mobilização política, a democratização das relações sociais e do aparato institucional do Estado e a garantia de melhores condições materiais de existência no espaço urbano. A partir da revisão bibliográfica sobre o tema das lutas sociais urbanas no Brasil e na cidade de São Paulo, pretende-se demonstrar que o Direito à Cidade é exercido pela população a partir dos embates na esfera pública responsáveis por impulsionar a renovação da ordem jurídica e atribuir novos sentidos ao Direito existente.

scholarly journals Mapping and Territorial Risk Analysis of Hospital Admissions due to Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Children (Brazil)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juliana Coelho Pina ◽  
Luana Seles Alves ◽  
Maria Cândida de Carvalho Furtado ◽  
Ricardo Arcêncio Arcêncio ◽  
Ellen Cristina Gondim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Hospital Admissions ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
Community Acquired Pneumonia ◽  
Categorical Variables ◽  
Density Estimator ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Census Tracts ◽  
The Social ◽  
The City

Abstract Background The concentration of child morbidity and mortality due to pneumonia in developing countries reflects the social inequities, which lead to greater exposure to risk factors and make access to prevention, diagnosis and treatment of the disease more difficult. This study aimed to map and assess the territorial risk for hospitalization due to Community-Acquired Pneumonia in children under 5 years of age. Methods Ecological study, carried out in the city of Ribeirão Preto, state of São Paulo, Brazil. The study population consisted of hospitalized children under the age of five, diagnosed with community-acquired pneumonia, in Ribeirão Preto-São Paulo-Brazil, from 2012 to 2013. Data were collected in different databases, by a trained team, between March 2012 and August 2013 and from the 2010 Demographic Census of the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics. The 956 urban census tracts were considered as the units of analysis. Descriptive statistics were performed for the sociodemographic characteristics, with the calculation of measures of absolute frequency and proportions for the categorical variables, using the Statistica software (12.0). The incidence of cases per 10,000 inhabitants was calculated by census tracts during the study period. For the identification of the spatial risk clusters, the Kernel density estimator and the Getis-Ord Gi* technique were measured from the Radius of the distance of 7,589 km, with p < .01, found using the Incremental Spatial Autocorrelation tool. Results The study included 265 children under the age of five, hospitalized due to community-acquired pneumonia. A concentration of cases was identified in the regions with greater social vulnerability (low income, poor housing conditions and homelessness), as well as a lower occurrence of cases in the most developed and economically privileged area of the city. The majority of the children lived in territories served by traditional primary healthcare units, in which the health surveillance and family and community focus are limited. Conclusions The results contribute to the comprehension of the social factors involved in child hospitalization due to pneumonia, based on the analysis of the spatial distribution, and address the interface with individual and institutional factors.

scholarly journals Constructed Governance as Solution to Conflicts in E-Waste Recycling Networks

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 1701
Author(s):  
Fernanda Pedro ◽  
Ernesto Giglio ◽  
Luis Velazquez ◽  
Nora Munguia
Keyword(s):  
Conflicts Of Interest ◽  
Electronic Waste ◽  
Waste Recycling ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
Recycling Rate ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Recycling Networks ◽  
Collective Process ◽  
The Right ◽  
The City

Electronic waste (e-waste) has become an increasingly pressing problem worldwide because of the increase in the volume of waste, without a corresponding increase in the recycling rate. E-waste recycling models show a low percentage of reuse, at around 17.4% in the world, 11% in Latin America, and 3% in São Paulo City, Brazil. The sources of conflicts relating to e-waste recycling networks are diverse, including asymmetries of objectives, knowledge, ethical values, and culture of sustainability, which indicates the need for a system of regulatory mechanisms. The article’s main proposition is that constructed governance, which is a collective process involving many actors, could be an alternative to e-waste recycling management. The city of São Paulo was chosen to be analyzed. Using an abductive methodology, the data analysis shows a fragmented network, with conflicts of interest among commercial and sustainability objectives, an absence of legal knowledge, and increases in the incorrect disposal of waste. However, initiatives in small groups in Brazil, which can be considered as examples of constructed governance, show a better volume of waste and the transportation of waste material to the right destination. The authors argue that constructed governance could be an efficient tool for e-waste recycling management systems. Besides, the article offers a matrix of indicators that can be used by both researchers and recycling managers.

scholarly journals Toponymic commodification and the neoliberal city

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 347-370
Author(s):  
Martin Jayo ◽  
Adriana Tavares Lima
Keyword(s):  
Sao Paulo ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Sports Stadiums ◽  
Naming Rights ◽  
The Right ◽  
The City ◽  
Privately Owned

After being practiced for nearly three decades in the city of São Paulo for privately-owned venues such as cinemas, theaters and, more recently, sports stadiums, the sale of naming rights is being applied to state-owned spaces: in April 2020, the Companhia do Metropolitano de São Paulo (Cia. do Metrô) announced a plan to grant to private exploitation the right to name its stations. This article analyzes this plan, its premises and expectations. It concludes that, while a series of conflicts related to the memory of the city and its spatial landmarks have been identified by recent studies on toponymic commodification and suggested by the city’s antecedents on this matter, such conflicts do not seem to be considered in the plan’s agenda.

scholarly journals Indicadores de sustentabilidade para avaliação de zonas especiais de interesse social (ZEIS) para implantação de habitação social na cidade de Piracicaba-SP / Sustainability indicators for assessment of special zones of social interest (ZEIS) for (...)

2016 ◽  
Vol 26 (46) ◽  
pp. 464 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roberto Braga
Keyword(s):  
Urban Ecology ◽  
Social Housing ◽  
Urban Expansion ◽  
Social Interest ◽  
Urban System ◽  
Spatial Diversity ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Sustainable Cities ◽  
The City

<p>Este trabalho visa discutir e desenvolver parâmetros e indicadores de sustentabilidade para a avaliação de Zonas Especiais de Interesse Social-ZEIS para a implantação de habitação de interesse social. A ZEIS é um instrumento criado nos anos 1980 e adotado pelo Estatuto da Cidade (Lei Federal 10.257/2001), que visa a regularização fundiária e implantação de habitação de interesse social. A área de estudo é o município de Piracicaba, estado de São Paulo, Brasil, com 370 mil habitantes, na região de Campinas. A sustentabilidade das ZEIS foi avaliada a partir de sua localização e com base em um sistema de quatro grupos de indicadores: densidade/compacidade urbana; ecologia urbana; diversidade socioespacial e conectividade/acessibilidade. Para cada em desses grupos foram avaliados indicadores específicos que puderam qualificar cada umas das ZEIS. Os resultados apontaram que a maioria das ZEIS criadas não só descumpriram requisitos básicos de sustentabilidade, como diminuíram a sustentabilidade do sistema urbano como um todo.</p><p><strong>Palavras–chave:</strong> ZEIS, sustentabilidade, habitação social, expansão urbana, cidades sustentáveis.</p><p><strong>Abstract</strong></p><p>This paper aims to discuss and develop benchmarks and indicators for assessing the sustainability of Special Zones of Social Interest-ZEIS for the implementation of social housing. The ZEIS is an instrument created in 1980 and adopted by the City Statute (Federal Act 10257/2001), which aims to secure tenure and implementation of social housing. The study area is the city of Piracicaba, State of São Paulo, Brazil, with 370,000 inhabitants in the region of Campinas. The sustainability of ZEIS was assessed from its location and based on a system of four groups of indicators: density / urban compactness; urban ecology; socio-spatial diversity and connectivity / accessibility. For each of these groups on specific indicators that might qualify every one of ZEIS were evaluated. The results showed that most ZEIS created not only breached basic sustainability requirements, decreased as the sustainability of the urban system as a whole.</p><p><strong>Keywords</strong>: ZEIS, sustainability, social housing, urban expansion, sustainable cities.</p>

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