URBANISM, DIGNITY AND THE RIGHT TO THE CITY, IN THE ERA OF PPPS OF LARGE URBAN PROJECTS

Abstract

This work is the result of a research for the theoretical framework of a doctoral thesis, developed in the Graduate Program in Architecture and Urbanism of the Federal University of Bahia, in order to promote a discussion on the Right to the City. An exploratory research is carried out based on a bibliographic survey, which includes scientific articles and books that deal with the theme under discussion here. The discussion has been taking place for decades, since the period of struggle for Urban Reform in Brazil. The objective is to discuss the instruments of urban policy, relating the issue of the Right to the City and the role of the State as a mediator of a process where there are several actors, but which, together with the private sector, social movements and civil society organizations, constitutes one of the main agents of (re)production of urban space. It seeks to discuss the role of the State, through such instruments of urban policy, as well as their effectiveness and the processes of urban planning and management, in the sense of the social function of urban property, in the face of large urban projects, often gestated with PPPs.