O Direito à cidade e a urbanidade material como pedras de toque da gestão urbana e de seu controle: da construção à derrubada de muros em torno do loteamento Santa Rita na cidade de Piracicaba (SP)

Abstract

This research aims to propose a way to overcome at least part of the limits of social participation, especially when tainted by the logic of capital accumulation. For that, the concepts of right to the city, material urbanity and jurisdictional control are discussed. In relation to the methodological aspects, the case study was used, based on extensive bibliographic material and government documents. In the end, the study found that despite the limitations of participation in a context of exploring the urban as an exchange value, the right to the city and material urbanity can be used as to identify proposals for the city that are not compatible with a life healthy urban. In such scenarios, the jurisdictional control of urban management can prove to be a valuable tool in forcing the elimination of urban policies that are consistent with the exploration of the city as a mere commodity.