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São Paulo - development policies
Dr. Nuno de Azevedo Fonseca – FAU-USP
METROPOLIS OF SÃO PAULO
METROPOLIS OF SÃO PAULO
•  8.000 km2
 One-thousandth of the national territory
•  20 million inhabitants  One tenth of the national population
• GDP RMSP R$ 572 billion (2008)  19 % of national GDP
(GDP Brasil 2008  R$ 2,9 trillion)
The main problems of the urban structure of the metropolis
of São Paulo.
• Infrastructure concentration (especially traffic system
and transports) generating strong differentiation of prices
and thus:
– Concentration of employment
– Concentration of population of high income in the same region of
employment
– Expulsion of the low income population for areas without
infrastructure
– Occupation of areas of preservation of sources for low income
population
Stage of predominantely extensive development
• very high development due to the extension of the wage labour and
the increase of productivity
• very low standard of living for the labour force
• no need of qualified workers
• What are we doing?
– Sectorial policies
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Transport
Housing
Water preservation
Project to city center
Fragmentation of the space (existence, reinforcement and/or
creation of urban barriers)
Concentration of employment
Concentration of population of high income in the same region of
employment
Expulsion of the low income population for areas without infrastructure
Occupation of areas of preservation of sources for low income population
Occupation of areas of preservation of sources for low income population
Lack of acessibility in the center
Reinforcement and/or creation of urban barriers
• Infrastructure re-concentration (especially traffic system
and transports) generating strong differentiation of prices
and thus:
– Concentration of employment
– Concentration of population of high income in the same region of
employment
– Expulsion of the low income population for areas without
infrastructure
– Occupation of areas of preservation of sources for low income
population
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