Guarujá, Brazil is located 89km from São Paulo and has a population of around 300,000 people. It is the largest port in Latin America and has diverse ecosystems and 1/3 of its population living in substandard settlements. The document discusses doing a holistic approach to developing the waterfront of Guarujá, which features contrasting projects. Financing would be guaranteed by Federal Law 10.257/2001, which regulates urban policy and consolidation in Brazil.
2. URBAN RESEARCH
oriented by DSC VIDOR Ferenc
“GUARUJÁ WATERFRONT - A HOLISTIC APROACH”
Budapest, 2015, June 9th
3. ˜300,000 inhabitants;
˜143km2;
89km away from São
Paulo city;
Largest port of Latin
America;
Diverse ecosystems -
marine and rain forest;
1/3 of its population are
located on substandart
settlements;
Summer main touristic
destination in São Paulo
State
10. Financing: Feasibility guaranteed by Federal Law 10.257/2001
Urban Planning in Brazil has undergone a major change since the enactment of the Statute of
the City, Federal Law 10.257 / 2001 which came regulate two articles of the Constitution dealing
with urban policy (Articles 182 and 183). This law represented, in fact, the consolidation of
achievements claimed for more than three decades by various sectors of society, especially
social movements.