Urban mobility and strategic urban design in peripheral centralities. The city of São Paulo at the beginning of the 21st century

Abstract

This research deals with proposals for the association of urban structuring linked to mass public transport in a peripheral area of the city of São Paulo, conceived as strategic guidelines for the urban planning process. The assumptions and projects of the strategic plans of the first decades of the 21st century, whose conceptions adopt transit oriented development as a principle, are evaluated. The methodology consists of analyzing and comparing the proposals for urban structuring associated with the mobility of strategic plans and projects in São Paulo between 2002 and 2014 related to the territories of subprefectures in the East Zone of the metropolis of São Paulo, having as object the proposals for structuring and qualification of peripheral centralities in the contemporary post-industrial metropolis.

Keywords: urban mobility, urban design, peripheral áreas, São Paulo.