Planejamento participativo em Salvador: um estudo de caso do sistema BRT

Abstract

The democratic ideals of participation and deliberation, a little old by now, have yet to transform themselves in effective practices of control of the public affairs by the population. This work aims to identify how the day-to-day practices of participation and deliberation happen in Salvador, through the study of the conception, construction, and operation of the BRT System in the city. To do so, we did a literature review, interviews with individuals who took part in events related to the BRT – protests, public audiences, planning activities, etc. – and polls to the users of the parts of the system that are already begun its operations. Chapter 1 is composed by the introduction, theoretical references and methodology; chapter 2 is where the main results produced in the research are discussed; chapter 3 is an attempt at understanding more thoroughly the reasons behind the results observed in chapter 2; the digression is a reunion and discussion of the technical aspects of the project; and the conclusion aims to answer the questions made in chapter 1. In this work, we could testify to the complexity of the participatory democracy phenomenon, its multiscale nature and its selectivity, we could also see the possible factors that make it harder – or easier – for this phenomenon to spread.