Rehabilitation of central areas in the city of Sao Paulo: revisiting the PRIH-Luz

Authors

  • Rodrigo Cardoso Bonicenha Federal University of ABC (UFABC), Brazil
  • Francisco de Assis Comarú Federal University of ABC (UFABC), Brazil

Keywords:

Urban rehabilitation, Central areas, Social housing, PRIH

Abstract

The PRIHs (Perimeters of Integrated Habitat Rehabilitation) were a pioneer urban rehabilitation experience in central areas of the city of São Paulo accomplished during Ms. Marta Suplicy Administration (2001-2004/PT). They had, as a foundation, social rehabilitation aimed at maintaining the local population and “potentiating the territory's endogenous resources”. An ‘Integrated Intervention Plan’ would be developed with proposals divided into three axes: housing, environmental improvement, and social construction. A committee with the local population would be responsible for the local management of the program and implementation and following-up of the proposals. Even though the PRIHs were discontinued from the end of Suplicy Administration, however, they constitute a rich rehabilitation experience in central areas of a peripheral metropolis. In a pioneering way, they understood the city as a complex fabric, composed of several actors, especially the local population. Beyond great works, they articulated resources and programs available in the territory itself. This paper seeks to revisit the PRIHs as a possibility for housing issues in São Paulo’s Central Area.

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Author Biographies

Rodrigo Cardoso Bonicenha, Federal University of ABC (UFABC), Brazil

He is geographer, Master in Planning and Territory Management. Professor at the University of Santo Amaro. He is Researcher at Federal University of ABC. He studies human geography, urban and regional planning and political geography.

Francisco de Assis Comarú, Federal University of ABC (UFABC), Brazil

He is Doctor in Civil Engineer. He is Associate Professor of Planning and Territory Management Postgraduate Program, at Federal University of ABC. He is researcher at CEPEDOC Healthy Cities, of Public Health Faculty, of University of São Paulo; and Collaborator of the research group LABHAB, of University of São Paulo, and of Gaspar Garcia Center for Human Rights.

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Published

2017-07-01

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 14 (2017): V!14 Weaving the City

Section

Ágora