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| Author(s): |
Lucia Sousa e Silva
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Press: | São Paulo. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Eletrotécnica e Energia (IEE/BT) |
| Defense date: | 2013-08-30 |
| Examining board members: |
Marta Dora Grostein;
Humberto Prates da Fonseca Alves;
Pedro Roberto Jacobi;
Ricardo de Sousa Moretti;
Suzana Pasternak
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| Advisor: | Marta Dora Grostein |
| Abstract | |
One striking feature of the current urbanization process seen in several regions of Brazil and throughout the world is the increasing urban sprawl across the land, and the shaping of more dispersed urban nuclei that are isolated from the main urban setting. Within the context of the São Paulo Metropolitan Region (RMSP), urban sprawl is seen in the diffusion of both slums and mid-high income gated properties in the urban suburbs, producing peripheral areas that are even more complex than those seen in the 80s. One of the main impacts of this type of expansion is the degradation of the city of São Paulos Green Belt, which has severe consequences on the metropoliss people and its environment. The main objective of this research is to study the role of contemporary urban forms in the suppression of vegetation in peripheral areas, with a focus on the Metropolitan Region of São Paulo. The time frame ranges from the 1980s to present time, when the main features of these contemporary processes have become clearer. The idea behind this study is that these processes present distinct traits in relation to the previous patterns of urbanization, therefore changing the nature of the impact on natural plant resources. The rising urban environmental problems related to this new urbanization scenario call for theoretically-based empirical studies in order to better understand the process and to support the creation of public policies that are better aligned with this new context. (AU) | |