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The perceptions about urban planning legislation and its consequent verticalization process in a small coastal city according to different users of the urban space


Sociology International Journal
Fabiana Bugs Antocheviz

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Abstract

This work aims to evaluate and compare the perception of different groups of users in relation to increasing urbanization through the construction of tall buildings in a coastal city with significant seasonal movement and the adequacy of local urban planning legislation with such a verticalization process. As an object of study, the city of Capão da Canoa was selected, located on the southern coast of Brazil and which is experiencing a growing process of urbanization in its central area characterized by the construction of tall buildings (10 to 12 floors). Data collection was carried out through the application of 289 questionnaires and 102 interviews with different social actors involved with the urban evolution of Capão da Canoa, including residents and vacationers from three neighborhoods located in the central area of the city, civil builders, public managers and real estate developers. The results reveal that, although the negative assessment regarding the construction of tall buildings among residents and vacationers predominates, civil builders and real estate developers argue that vertical integration is essential to promote the city’s economic and tourist development. Furthermore, residents and vacationers are also, for the most part, dissatisfied with urban legislation, mainly due to the delimitation of lateral distances considered insufficient between buildings, especially in buildings with 10 to 12 floors, highlighting the lack of environmental comfort in both interior of such apartments and in the adjacent public open space. On the other hand, although real estate developers, civil builders and public urban planning managers also consider the current Master Plan unsatisfactory, this dissatisfaction is mainly related to the defense of increasing the height limit from 12 to up to 30 floors and the release of construction of these buildings in the rest of the city and meeting the interests of the local population itself.

Keywords

coastal city, verticalization process, town planning legislation, social actors, environmental perceptio

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