Processos de contaminação positiva e regeneração urbana: um caso de estudo: a Ecopista de Évora

Abstract

From a theoretical approach to the question of the intervention in the city, whose aims are the urban regeneration and sustainable development, we intend to explore the contamination processes inherent to urban phenomenon and its potential to magnify the punctual intervention actions effect. With the study of the Ecopista of Évora (Portugal), a recycled railway that started a transformation process in theurban environment, we intend to draw an evaluation and evolution preliminary model of positive urban contamination, identifying the set of factors that triggered this process. This study is part of a research that aims to extend this experience to other cases and contribute to the creation of a strategic model of urban regeneration through the contamination processes. Once these processes demonstrate ability to enlarge the effects radius of punctual actions, they will help to achieve improvements in the environment, maximizing resources and reducing investment.