Fuzzy boundaries and soft spaces in the São Paulo Macrometropolis

• Grant number: 20/16396-4
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: February 01, 2021
• End date: July 31, 2022
• Field of knowledge: Applied Social Sciences - Urban and Regional Planning - Methods and Techniques of Urban and Regional Planning
• Principal Investigator: Pedro Roberto Jacobi
• Grantee: Lucas dos Santos Rocha
• Host Institution: Instituto de Energia e Ambiente (IEE). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 15/03804-9 - Environmental governance of macrometropolis paulista in face of climate variability, AP.PFPMCG.TEM
• Associated scholarship(s): 21/10055-3 - Soft spaces and soft planning in Portugal and in the Sao Paulo macrometropolis, BE.EP.IC

Abstract

The student will work on developing research on the case studies - hotspots - defined within the scope of the Year 3 objectives in the Territorialities, Spatialities and Innovation in Environmental Governance Subproject. The objective is based on surveys and analysis of data and information on the theme of what is called soft spaces and fuzzy boundaries, especially in the international literature that deals with the field of planning, as it is a theme that is still emerging in Brazil. For this purpose, it will examine the theoretical foundations of this approach and its application; deepen the collection of evidence of this type of spatial arrangement and planning and governance in the São Paulo macro-metropolis (MMP).