Urban Planning in Recife, Brazil: Evidence from a Conflict Analysis on the New Recife Project
Publication: Journal of Urban Planning and Development
Volume 143, Issue 3
Abstract
An urban planning conflict, the New Recife Project (NRP), located in the city of Recife, Brazil, is analyzed by means of the Graph Model for Conflict Resolution in order to obtain strategic insights. The NRP conflict has been under way since 2012 and is investigated with respect to its current status in 2016. The dispute is modelled as follows: four decision makers (NRP support, NRP opposition, Recife local government, and judicial authorities), two graph models, and the preferences of Recife local government are evaluated according to four criteria (economic, environmental, social, and political) by a multiple-criteria method, the preference ranking organization method for enrichment evaluations (PROMETHEE). Results suggest that lack of planning and public participation are critical issues in this Brazilian urban project and that both could improve decision making and prevent conflicts. Finally, analyzing this urban project conflict strategically also provides a reliable diagnosis of the situation and may help decision makers in future decisions and furnish guidelines to improve urban planning.
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Acknowledgments
The authors would like to thank UFPE (Federal University of Pernambuco-Brazil) and the Conflict Analysis Group at the University of Waterloo in Canada. They also want to acknowledge CAPES, a Foundation affiliated with Ministry of Education in Brazil (scholarship process number: BEX 0798/15-0) for their financial support.
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Received: Aug 9, 2016
Accepted: Feb 14, 2017
Published online: May 12, 2017
Published in print: Sep 1, 2017
Discussion open until: Oct 12, 2017
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