Planeamento em tempo de crise.

• Autor(a) principal: Giacomo Gallo
• Data de Publicação: 2013
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: https://repositorio-aberto.up.pt/handle/10216/80337
• topic: Artes; Arts

This dissertation analyses participative processes as an alternative for planning in present circumstances of crisis. The research, developed from the case study of the industrial area of Santa Cruz do Bispo, Matosinhos, is structured in four parts:1. The framing of the problem: a description of territorial, socioeconomic and planning dynamics that contribute to the development of the stagnant and uncertain present-day context. In particular, we highlight the "transgenic" outline of the territory examined, the importance and irreversibility of the current economic recession and the incapacity by urban planning tools to deal with this situation. The effects of this combination of factors is visible on the territory as a significant waste of spacial and economic resources, targets for a possible intervention of urban regeneration.2. The formulation of the hypothesis: the implementation of public participation, as a solution to convert current planning practices in flexible processes, capable to seize the opportunities latent in the territory. In particular, we propose the inclusion in municipal planning processes of bottom-up, decentralized dynamic. In such way, we intend to integrate with the active and structured contribution of citizens the production of the local knowledge, essential to intervene on urban space.3. The theoretical response: an analysis of various alternatives for setting up a participative planning process, according to the goals to be achieved, the time to involve key stakeholders, the role they play and the techniques used in the implementation of the process. This question is mostly addressed to public administrations, responsible for the promotion, management and, to a certain extent, execution of the process, alongside local players, which in this context become the actual protagonists of the regeneration of public space.4. The case study: going back once again to the area of Santa Cruz do Bispo to test on concrete objects the previously proposed theoretical contributions and confirm the starting hypothesis. From the analysis of local features and the potential of elements which are currently disqualified, we propose a participative urban regeneration process, focusing on three specific cases: the reactivation of dysfunctional land for agricultural use; the improvement of the Leça river banks; the urban reintegration of Portela school park.Through these examples we intend to arouse interest for a topic not yet sufficiently investigated in Portugal, but that we believe is essential to operate on urban space in a democratic and comprehensive way, particularly in the present instable context, where the lack of resources for spatial planning can be integrated with the active contribution of a set of local actors. In seeking a concrete response, we analyse the possibility of implementing public participation in municipal planning processes, without diverging from the overall strategy, but developing a parallel work, in contact with the local reality and thus increasing the effectiveness of territorial management tools.