Planejamento urbano com perspectiva de gênero: propostas para o bairro Gralha Azul em Fazenda Rio Grande

Abstract

Urban space is a social product resulting from a historical construction that reflects existing oppressions in society, where male experiences ended up shaping and planning cities, leaving aside any other set of ideas, values, and different perspectives. Women were isolated from wage labor, burdened with reproductive work, and excluded from public spaces. Thus, social discrimination against women has been spatialized and reproduced in the construction of cities, where their access has never been the same as that of men. The gender perspective applied to urban planning is essential to propose measures aimed at promoting more democratic cities. This work aims to develop the Gralha Azul Neighborhood Plan in Fazenda Rio Grande, guided by a gender perspective, considering the daily experiences and demands of women, as it is understood that this approach will also serve other social groups in a more humane and just manner. To achieve this, we sought to conceptually understand how gender oppression materializes in public space. Subsequently, a diagnosis of the intervention area was developed based on elements impacting women’s daily lives. Additionally, related case studies were analyzed, allowing, together with the neighborhood analysis, the definition of proposals to promote improvements in the neighborhood’s urban quality to make it equitable.