Mobilidade e desenho urbano: estudo das relações espaciais na cidade de Curitiba

Abstract

This article, based on a more comprehensive research, aims to analyze how urban design patterns are presented in the environs of BRT terminals, considering that these equipments can influence their immediate surroundings, evidencing different occupancy patterns in relation to their urban structure. Following methodological procedures of multiple techniques, the analysis is done in the city of Curitiba (Brazil) nearby terminals located in the central area, compared to those located in peripheral zones, considered vectors of urban and metropolitan expansion. The results show that, although the peripheral terminals studied are located in supposedly similar urban situations, the pattern of occupation close by these terminals is distinct, evidencing logics of space production in the metropolitan scale, resulting from the complexity of the urban phenomenon. The recognition of these standards in the environment of intensive equipment can contribute to public planning and management, optimizing resources and spatial quality.