A gestão democrática da cidade no processo de elaboração da proposta de revisão do plano diretor do município de Fortaleza: a participação popular entre 2019 e 2023

Abstract

The present paper seeks to analyze how the Municipality of Fortaleza, in the process of preparing the proposal for the revision of the Participatory Master Plan of the Municipality of Fortaleza of 2009, worked on the participation and contribution of civil society sectors in the construction of the revision proposal between 2019 and 2023, including during the pandemic period. From this analysis, it is emphasized the relevance of democratic city management in urban policy, according to the provisions of the Brazilian legal system, at the constitutional, federal and municipal levels. For this understanding, it is analyzed the urban planning as an instrument for the realization of rights and social and urban development. It also studies the characteristics, history and content of the basic instrument of urban policy carried out by the Municipality, the master plan, and the relationship of this instrument with the City Statute and the Federal Constitution. In this way, the popular participation of the people of Fortaleza during the process of revision of the Master Plan is analyzed so far, based on its characteristics and challenges, in order to satisfy the democratic management of the city in the fulfillment of urban policy in the planning of cities and in the protection of social rights and collective well-being. To carry out this paper, we used legislative and bibliographic research, as well as the reading of documents such as maps, infographics and minutes of meetings, in addition to news from the press and government authorities.