A participação popular na efetivação do direito à cidade sob a perspectiva do plano diretor de Fortaleza

Abstract

This work aims to examine how popular participation, provided for in the City Statute, has been implemented in urban planning spaces and how it can contribute to the realization of the right to the city in Fortaleza. To do so, it begins the analysis from the segregationist aspects under which the urban spaces were constructed to understand the base of the city problems. It deals, in particular, with the struggle/resistance of urban social movements, built mostly by the population living in precarious settlements, not only to remain in their dwelling places, but mainly to directly influence the management of the city, making law to the city a reality, not just a forecast of our legal order. The methodology used was composed by bibliographical and documentary surveys, together with the author's experience as a member of the Community Legal Advisory Group (Núcleo de Assessoria Jurídica Comunitária, NAJUC), which followed the beginning of the process of regulating the Special Social Interest Zone (ZEIS) located in Bairro Pici, for through the election of the management council, as a form of direct participation in planning and, consequently, in urban politics.