The neighborhood impact study as an urban management tool in the São Paulo municipalities of medium size (100 thousand to 400 thousand inhabitants)

Abstract

In 2001, the Statute of Cities mandated the elaboration of Master Plans (PD) to municipalities with a population above 20,000 inhabitants, besides other criteria. Among these DPs, there's an indispensable instrument for sustainable management of cities: The Neighborhood Impact Study (EIV), which seeks to mitigate negative impacts of enterprises in urban space. The State of São Paulo has 645 municipalities, where a quarter of the total population resides in medium-sized municipalities - those between 100,000 and 400,000 inhabitants, giving mandatory character to the development of PD, as well as EIV as a legislative instrument. The purpose of this article is to raise the legislation regarding EIV in the pre-established municipalities through bibliographic and legislative revision related to the theme. Even so, 28.4% of the municipalities either do not have or only mention in their legislation about the EIV. Another 11.6% have a copy of what is required in articles 36 to 38 of Law 10.257 / 2001, referring to the EIV, and 60% have legislation complementary to that proposed by the Law. However, there are cases of municipalities that provide EIV satisfactorily, and others that don't have legislative conditions or to assist or mitigate impacts of the installation of projects.