A regeneração urbana na política de cidades: inflexão entre o fordismo e o pós-fordismo

Abstract

Licenciado sob uma Licença Creative Commons A regeneração urbana na política de cidades: infl exão entre o fordismo e o pós-fordismo Urban regeneration in cities policy: infl ection between fordism and postfordism Geógrafo, investigador,

The construction of a public problem: activism in Lisbon’s historic center

“…This was changed with the constitution of the Urban Rehabilitation Societies (2014), at a time when the market became the guiding principle for measures taken in this sector. It was sufficient to create favorable conditions for attracting private investors, who chose the historic center as a new frontier for extracting value-added land (Mendes, 2013 and. After all, the combination of a central location and the state of degradation and abandonment of part of the properties created an opportunity for safe investment in the reproduction of real estate capital via the rent gap, a process observed in other cities worldwide (Smith, 2012).…”

“…(52) From the moment it was coined (Glass, 1964), the concept was mobilized to interpret the capitalist logic of urban space production (Smith, 2012), to identify the pioneering actors and groups in the process of elitizing spaces (Featherstone, 1991), to understand the transformations of the urban environment and the urban landscape (Zukin, 1991), to analyze the effects of neoliberal urban restructuring processes (Mendes, 2013) and to describe the class struggle that the old popular areas have as a stage (Harvey, 2014). With the intensification of urban struggles and, above all, with the radicalization of the process of expelling the popular classes from the most central areas of the cities, the concept began to take on a more political connotation, integrating the repertoire of those groups that fight for a less segregated and more plural city.…”

Public Space, Tourism and Mobility. Projects, Impacts and Tensions in Lisbon’s Urban Regeneration Dynamics

“…Nevertheless, they are still prone to less extreme forms of differentiated infrastructural provision. Dedicated management entities (for example Parque Expo -a dedicated company which managed public space and ran urban facilities in the former Expo 98 site in Lisbon, from 1998 until 2014), control accessibility to the inner-city districts via tolls, surveillance, car pollution restrictions or the privatisation of urban infrastructure: a recurrent practice in many cities with a prominent public sector (Mendes, 2013a). Despite a growing acknowledgement of a much more diversified range of city visitors' interests, a safe, clean, well-kept and well-connected urban environment remains a key City Space Architecture / UN-Habitat factor in attracting tourists.…”

“…This focus also stems from national and EU guidelines, in which public funding in recent years has been directed towards environmental qualification and the promotion of soft mobility. Such approaches, in which physical interventions are prioritised can be better described as urban revitalisation initiatives (Balsas, 2007;Mendes, 2013a , 2015a, 2009bMendes, 2013b).…”

Definindo melhores práticas em projetos de Regeneração Urbana Sustentável

“…No entanto, tem havido pouca investigação no que diz respeito a benchmarking (valores de referência melhores práticas e práticas convencionais -, com os quais se compara o desempenho) na regeneração urbana, devido principalmente à relativa juventude da regeneração urbana sustentável (SALAT , 2011). Mesmo sabendo que os projetos de regeneração urbana sustentável, como instrumentos de políticas públicas, auxiliam a promoção das cidades (MENDES, 2013), é importante definir, para além das boas intenções, quais são as melhores práticas sustentáveis e os melhores benchmarks quantitativos/qualitativos, que sirvam de suporte a planejadores urbanos para a obtenção de melhores resultados em seus projetos. Já existem alguns fóruns para troca de experiências entre cidades, mas é preciso ressaltar que não existem soluções únicas, uma vez que cada local e cada projeto necessitam de medidas específicas relacionadas a suas características próprias (MIANA, 2010).…”