SPSP--URBANISMOURBANISMO

Sustainable Urban Development of São Paulo: Challenges and

Opportunities

Miguel Luiz BucalemSecretary of Urban Development

October 2011

Logistic Core in Latin America

Brazil’s Financial Center

Service City

Highly Qualified and specialized workforce

São Paulo - World City

LEGEND

Official Metropolitan RegionsSão Paulo

Campinas

Santos

Urban AgglomerationsSocoraba

Jundiaí

São José dos Campos

Radius = 100 km

Macrometropolis Paulista

102 cities from 3 Metropolitan Regions and 3 Urban Agglomerations• Sao Paulo Metropolitan Region = 39 cities• Campinas Metropolitan Region = 19 cities• Baixada Santista Metropolitan Region = 9 cities• São Jose dos Campos Urban Agglomeration = 10 cities• Sorocaba-Jundiai Metropolitan Expansion Area = 13 cities• Piracicaba-Limeira Metropolitan Expansion Area = 12 cities

Total Area: 28,120 km2

Total Population: 28 mi inhabit. (2007)Total GDP: US$ 239,1 bi(Source: IBGE/Seade 2005)

Corresponding to 27,1% of Brazil’s GDP

Macrometropolis Paulista

• Area: 1,509 km2

• Urbanized Area: 1,000 km2

• Population: 11.0 mi (2010)

• Density: 73.0 inhab/ha

• Total GDP: US$ 194.3 bi(Source: IBGE/Seade 2008)

• GDP per capita: US$ 17,684.0(Source: IBGE/Seade 2008)

• 31 administrative districts and 96 sub districtsIt comprises:

17,260 km of public ways65.3 km of subway + 125.0 km of railways111.5 km of bus corridors1,342 urban bus lines (fleet: 15 thousand vehicles)

São Paulo City

• 19th City in gross production • 3rd largest stock market of the world

and 2nd of the Americas• 54 of the 100 largest foreign companies• The best City for Business in Latin

America ahead of Miami, Santiago and Mexico City(America Economia Magazine - May/08)

• 2nd best University (USP) and the best business schools in Latin America

• 2,000 private companies with focus on R&D

• The greatest medical center in Latin America

• 70 different cultures living harmoniously• Culture and Leisure Center

(120 theatres, 280 cinemas, 88 museums)

• One event every 6 minutes• Logistics Pole

(port / airport / roads / railways)

Potentials

Sustainable Urban Development

Challenges

Opportunities

Climate Change Policy

Public policies in course

Sustainable Urban Development

Urban Development

LEGEND

São Paulo Metropolitan Region

São Paulo City

Built‐up Area

Historical Evolution of the Urbanization 1929

Source: EMPLASAMade by: SMDU/DIPRO

Historical Evolution of the Urbanization 1930 to 1949

Urban Development

LEGEND

São Paulo Metropolitan Region

São Paulo City

Built‐up Area

Source: EMPLASAMade by: SMDU/DIPRO

Historical Evolution of the Urbanization 1950 to 1962

Urban Development

LEGEND

São Paulo Metropolitan Region

São Paulo City

Built‐up Area

Source: EMPLASAMade by: SMDU/DIPRO

Historical Evolution of the Urbanization 1963 to 1974

Urban Development

LEGEND

São Paulo Metropolitan Region

São Paulo City

Built‐up Area

Source: EMPLASAMade by: SMDU/DIPRO

Historical Evolution of the Urbanization 1975 to 1985

Urban Development

LEGEND

São Paulo Metropolitan Region

São Paulo City

Built‐up Area

Source: EMPLASAMade by: SMDU/DIPRO

Historical Evolution of the Urbanization 1986 to 1992

Urban Development

LEGEND

São Paulo Metropolitan Region

São Paulo City

Built‐up Area

Source: EMPLASAMade by: SMDU/DIPRO

Historical Evolution of the Urbanization 1993 to 2002

Urban Development

LEGEND

São Paulo Metropolitan Region

São Paulo City

Built‐up Area

Source: EMPLASAMade by: SMDU/DIPRO

Urban Development - Challenges

• Population Growth and Urban Sprawl

• Peri-urban informal settlements on environmentally vulnerable areas

• Debt of infrastructure and services

• Consolidated downtown, but with declining residential usage in its core

• Daily pendular movements from the suburbs to downtown overload road and transport systems

Employment per Hectare - 2007

Source : Pesquisa Origem Destino/OD 2007 – Metrô/SP

Employment per Inhabitant - 2007

Made by: SMDU/DIPRO 2010

Urban Development - Challenges

LEGEND

Predominant Industrial Use (TPCL 2005)

Transforming the railroad border and industrial areas

Transforming the railroad border and industrial areas

LEGEND

Predominant Industrial Use (TPCL 2005)

Current Railway Network (CPTM)

Transforming the railroad border and industrial areas

LEGEND

Predominant Industrial Use (TPCL 2005)

Current Railway Network (CPTM)

Current Subway Network (Metro)

Transforming the railroad border and industrial areas

LEGEND

Predominant Industrial Use (TPCL 2005)

Current Railway Network (CPTM)

Current Subway Network (Metro)

Current Urban Operations

Proposed Urban Operations (Strategic Master Plan ‐ Law 13.430/02)

Transforming the railroad border and industrial areas

LEGEND

Predominant Industrial Use (TPCL 2005)

Current Railway Network (CPTM)

Current Subway Network (Metro)

Current Urban Operations

New Urban Operations

Proposed Urban Operations (Strategic Master Plan ‐ Law 13.885/04)Made by: SMDU/ATOU

URBAN OPERATIONS INCORPORATESLAPA-BRÁSMOOCA-VILA CARIOCARIO VERDE-JACU

• Urban Intensification in areas with environmental and urban support capacity

• Implementation of sustainable centralities, promoting spatial integration

• Housing and mixed-use connected to economic centers

• Infrastructure improvement in potential areas high density settlements

Urban Development - Compact City

MixedMixedUseUse

Service Commerce

Education

Housing Health

Entertainment and Culture

Urban Operations

ConceptA mechanism used for areas that need urban structural transformations, social improvements and environmental upgrade

• Use of private resources: budgetary constraints and competing demands limit the allocation of public funds

• Credibility and transparency: CEPACs are auctioned at the stock exchange and supervised by the regulatory entity (CVM)

• Participation of communities: civil society in managerial committies

• Sustainability: requires an Environmental Impact Study

• Continuity: created by municipal law

Urban Operations

An Urban Operation law comprises:

• its perimeter,

• its goals and guidelines

• the urban development master plan

• the list of infra-structure improvements

Urban Operations

Maximum floor area ratio(via CEPAC)

Basic floor area ratio

Urban Operations

Funding is obtained trough the auctioning of Certificates (CEPACs) that can be converted into additional building rights

Urban Operations being currently developed

URBAN OPERATION

água espraiada

Urban Operation Água Espraiada

Urban Operation Água Espraiada

GOALS

• Improve the transport system, emphasizing mass transport

• Provision of social housing for the population living in slums

• Provision of free spaces for public use with landscaping treatment

• Improving drainage of the area

Revenue € 596.1 Million

Area of coverage: 1,400 ha

Sector Brooklin - Avenue and Bridge

Specificities

Region in transformation process

Social housing construction

Investments: more than 800 units

First stage of intervention

Investments: 240 units

Social housing construction: Jardim Edith

First stage of intervention

Investments: 240 units

Social housing construction: Jardim Edith

First stage of intervention

Investments: 240 units

Social housing construction: Jardim Edith

First stage of intervention

Investments: 240 units

Social housing construction: Jardim Edith

First stage of intervention

Investments: 240 units

Social housing construction: Jardim Edith

First stage of intervention

Implementation of green areas and free public spaces - 50,000 m2

First stage of intervention

Extension of Journalist Roberto Marinho Avenue to Imigrantes Highway

New investments

Green way Project

Extension of Journalist Roberto Marinho Avenue to Imigrantes Highway

New investments

Green way Project

Extension of Journalist Roberto Marinho Avenue to Imigrantes Highway

New investments

Green way Project

Investments in mass transport system

Urban Operation Água Espraiada

URBAN OPERATION

faria lima

Urban Operation Faria Lima

Area of coverage: 450 ha

Urban Operation Faria LimaGOALS• Improve the transport system, emphasizing mass

transport

• Plan of interventions in the road system

• Provision of housing of social interest for the population living in slums

• Provision of free spaces for public use and green areas

• Occupation ways according to the characteristics and potential of each sector

• To conform centralities of high standard services in the southwestern region of the city

Revenue € 786.9 Million

New Urban Operations

New Urban Operations

Current Railway Network (CPTM)

Current Subway Network (Metro)

Current Urban Operations

New Urban Operations

Proposed Urban Operations (Strategic Master Plan ‐ Law 13.885/04)Made by: SMDU/ATOU

LAPA-BRÁSMOOCA-VILA CARIOCARIO VERDE-JACU

Lapa-Brás Area: 2,146 ha

Urban Operation

Lapa

Centro daLapa Água

BrancaMemorial Moinho

Luz Pari

Brás

Longitudinal Axis

Main Centralities around the railroad

Sector 4: Memorial-Parque Fernando Costa