O bairro e o plano : estratégias e disputas em torno da produção do espaço urbano no bairro 2 de Julho, em Salvador, Bahia, Brasil

Abstract

This paper aims to understand the motivations for choosing the neighborhood plan instrument and its use as resistance and urban space production strategies by its residents (and supporters) and their implications for the right to the city. The context analyzed is the planning of neighborhoods in Salvador from the 1970s to the 2010s, with a case study of the 2 de Julho neighborhood in Salvador, Bahia, between 2012 and 2019. The methodology used combines bibliographical and documentary research on the experiences of urban planning in Salvador, analysis of the neighborhood plans elaborated in Brazil and semi-structured interviews with agents who participated in the dispute for the neighborhood and its planning. The adopted theoretical framework contributes to the understanding of the urban space production process and the political action strategies adopted by the main agents on 2 de Julho, as well as to understand the limits and possibilities of the neighborhood as a scale of action and reflection in planning for production of the urban space and the search for the right to the city.