• Governance and strategies for a sustainable built environment
  • Application of the “ladder of citizen participation” to the analysis of the São Paulo Master Plan revision process

    ABSTRACT: Urban planning promoted in Brazil by the “Estatuto da Cidade” (City Statute) establishes the Participatory Master Plan as the primary tool for urban policy, citing citizen participation as a way of guiding urban development and planned occupation. There is an assumption that participatory processes must include the preparation of studies and the conducting of analyses, as well as […]

  • Sustainable urban mobility and accessibility
  • Desenvolvimento orientado do trânsito no novo contexto da participação do cidadão

    ABSTRACT: Innovations that enable citizen participation in planning and city management have been responsible for a revolution of the relationship with the environment. It is reflects in urban models which until recently were considered solutions for a good planning, as the Transport Oriented Development (TOD) that uses urban development concepts, integrating land use with transport system. This article aims […]