The strength of the county power since 1988 made possible a greater autonomy by the counties in local range. Parallely in some counties came out mechanism of institutional inovation which aim the common citizen to take ...

Recent debates about urban development have introduced sustainability as an important principle to consider solutions to socioenvironnmental problems. In the other hand, changes on traditional concepts of urban management ...

This research proposes to develop the Sustainable Governance Index (IGS), with concentrated and detailed variables in the processes of elaboration, implementation and management of public policies, under the three levels ...

Nowadays necessity exists to accomplish alternative experiences that go through the democratic participative processes on the politics considered like a refering set marker because they contribute to the construction of ...

Brazil is facing severe problems in relation to urban spaces theme. Some age groups such as the elderly have found more difficulties to ensure their socio-spatial integration. This issue, combined with the demand for proper ...

The solidarity economy is born in Brazil in the late 80's and early 90's historical struggles of social movements as well as municipal administrations initiatives against unemployment and poverty, compounded on the axis ...

The State Water Resources Fund of São Paulo (FEHIDRO) was established by the 7.633 State Law, of December 30 of 1991, to give financial support to the hydrographic basins actions. The resources from this fund are distributed ...

The Federal Constitution constitutes instruments that emphasize the social purpose of the land, regulated by the City Statute; compounded by municipal responsibilities that sometimes have no corresponding item in tax ...

This research aims to analyze the origins and socio-cultural characteristics of the main central squares of the Maringá City, considering the dependence and complementarity between public and private spaces and their ...