Ferreira, J (2024) Analysis of urban parameters via geoprocessing as a basis for city's master plans: The case of Ribeirão das Neves city, MG Brazil. International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation, 42(2), pp. 257-277. ISSN 23984708
Abstract
Purpose: The intention of this work is to generate a tool to facilitate the visualization of urban parameters, critically discussing the current form of urban planning in Brazil and thus facilitate popular participation in decisions, considering that since 2001, it is foreseen by law that the elaboration processes of municipal urban plans in Brazil must have popular participation in order to be legitimized. Design/methodology/approach: The method consists of three-dimensionally modeling the constructive potential within the lots, using the parameters of the Ribeirão das Neves city master plan (State of Minas Gerais, Brazil), using computer software, to predict the impact on landscape that the parameters generate and comparing different software programs. Findings: With the proposed tool, it became clear that many of the city's parameters alone cannot reach the guidelines of the master plan, and the comparison of two software programs generated options for different local realities. It is a methodology that is able to provide excellent support for urban planning laws in Brazil to be more effective and less delayed. Originality/value: The software was configured with a script developed by the Geoprocessing Laboratory of a university in Brazil and was used for the first time to completely analyze a municipal master plan for the metropolitan region of Belo Horizonte, generating a tool able to be used in master plans' review.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | geoprocessing; parametric modeling; popular participation; urban parameters; urban planning; urbanism |
| Index terms: | laboratory, Brazil, methodology, script, program, visualization, urban planning, urbanism, option, modelling |
| Subjects: | urban planning, analytical methods, sociology, decision analysis, research management, design practice, cities and urban places, software systems, research methods, Geography |
| Topics: | Governance, Risk Management, Engineering Principles, Research Practice, Geographical Context, Urban Studies, Digital Applications, Design Practice |
| Descriptive scope: | 3 PCT |
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