Cidades na era Lula o lento abandono dos processos participativos

Abstract

The protests that took over Brazil in June 2013 left us assured that despite all the advances of the Lula's Era (economic growth with income distribution and political stability), Brazilian cities are not better than 10 years ago. While on one hand we improved in areas such as accessibility and sanitation of informal settlements, on the other hand we spent billion to subsidize the car when we should be thinking about the transportation for 2050, not 1950. This article examines the main models of urban intervention of the last five decades, their convergencesand divergences with the processes that define the urban policies of the Lula Era.

Self-help or public housing? Lessons from co-managed slum upgrading via participatory budget

“…Likewise, the relevance of joint fact-finding to produce social justice, community empowerment, and conflict mediation has been well document in urban and environmental planning (e.g. Corburn, 2005;Laws & Forester, 2007).…”

“…As the federal government launched PAC and MCVC in the late 2000s to finance basic infrastructure and housing, it became clear that PB councilors and delegates in Porto Alegre had no influence on whether or not municipal governments would provide matching funds for attaining these programs. Furthermore, PAC and MCMV were designed without any meaningful input from organized housing movements or mechanisms for social control (Denaldi, 2013;Lara, 2014).…”