A dimensão urbanística de grandes projetos urbanos: análise da Operação Urbana Consorciada Linha Verde, Curitiba, Brasil

Abstract

The research is based on the discussion of large urban projects (GPUs) and consortiatedurban operations (OUCs), an urban tooloften used to make GPUs feasible in the Brazilian scenario. This research aims to verify the morphological consequences of the GPU Linha Verdeimplementation, which consists in the functional reconversion of the old BR 166 highway into a new urban road. This approach is justified considering that there are few evaluations of the results obtained from the urbanistic dimension of GPUs. The methodological procedures consist of bibliographical research and documentary interpretation, in order to verify certain constituent elements of the urban form, associated to higher social and environmental sustainability standards and, therefore, greater effectiveness inurbanlandmanagement. The results show a process of transformation still incipient and denote the need to deepen the understanding of the morphological dimension of the project. In addition, they indicate that the use of the GPU, as a catalyst to change the preexisting realities, still remains weak.