Anotações para uma política urbana de bairros ecológicos. Um estudo a partir da cidade de Fortaleza-Ce

Abstract

This paper seeks to highlight some practical-theoretical issues related to the urban policy for ecological neighborhoods in Brazil which is understood as a set of programs, projects and actions aimed to the gradual transformation of ordinary neighborhoods of our cities into sustainable neighborhoods. The adopted hypothesis is that the scale of the neighborhood converges social expectations that fundament the production of ecological technical innovations and open the way to residents’ awareness and representation. From a methodologial point of view, the practical component of the paper is a result of studies that were undertaken on neighborhoods of Fortaleza city. Two procedures were used: an empirical analysis of the neighborhoods structure and an urban intervention exercise in one of those neighborhoods: the Edson Queiroz. The outcomes of this investigation indicate that the institutionalization of an eco-neighborhood urban policy can strengthen social control and reduce intra-urban inequalities as they can act as urban redistributive actions.