Subsídio à elaboração da agenda 21 local: diagnóstico participativo do Bairro do Benfica, Fortaleza, Ceará

Abstract

This paper investigates how the notiom of dual (rich versus poor) in the urban areas and is implications opon participatory diagnostic can affect the definition of the public policy to be considered in the local Agenda 21. To do that, participatory workshops were accomplished with the participation of stakeholders from two different socioeconomic classes (median and poor classes) living in the benfica neighborhood at Fortaleza-ce. In this research, it was used the small agenda 21 to guide the execution of the participatory diagnostic phase, in which were used group dynamics (brainstorm, focus group and referendum) in order to reach the objectives. The results showed that the problems and objectives were remarkably different: the median class group prioritizes the policies towards augmenting their life standards, having as basis the provision of public goods (public security, leisure and culture, infra-structure, and traffic and signalization), while the poor class group prioritizes policies that attended their needs regarding livelihoods and fundamental human rights (health, jobs and education).