Produção habitacional no campo urbano do Centro Histórico de Salvador, Bahia: a 7ª etapa da intervenção no Pelourinho

Abstract

The 7th Stage of the Recovery Program of the Historical Center of Salvador (CHS) was notable for its success in building housing for the low-income local population in a disputed central urban area. Thus, it was fundamental the imposition a Term of Agreement and Commitment (TAC) to the State Government, obtained with the action of the population articulated to multiple agents involved in this "urban field" of dispute. Considering the elements of the Fields’ Theory, this research intends to understand under what conditions this housing production took place and the way in which they influenced the agents to succeed in the dispute for their interests. Therefore, the paper reviews the chronological trajectory of the urban development of the CHS and the urban intervention measures adopted by the public authorities for the area, highlighting the treatment given to housing. In this course, it contextualizes the project of the 7th Stage, its genesis and reformulation, brings a quantitative survey of the real estate production carried out between 2006 and 2018, and analyzes a set of conflicts that occured due to compliance with the TAC. Among the conditions that favor or harm the movements of the agents in dispute within this field are: the characteristics of these agents, the way in which real estate property and financial resources are obtained, the way in which civil works are carried out, and also the way in which consumption of these homes by the final public takes place. Observing the failure of the traditional interventions and the strong ties that connect the native population to the territory of the Historic Centre, we seek to obtain evidence to guide actions favorable to the development of a virtuous and sustainable urban dynamics in the area.