Contribuições das políticas públicas para a sustentabilidade urbana: estudo de caso na cidade de Campina Grande-PB.

Abstract

Public policies aimed at urban development are inseparable from the guidelines for the construction and consolidation of sustainable practices in cities. In this context, the main objective of this study was to analyze the contributions of the main urban public policies existing at the National, State and Municipal levels for the urban sustainability of the city of Campina Grande-PB, based on the model proposed by Martins (2012). In methodological terms, the research was exploratory, descriptive of a qualitative approach, conducted in the form of a case study, with field visits and application of semi-structured questionnaires to representatives of the public authority of Campina Grande-PB. Data analysis took into account the methodological triangulation: analysis of primary data, secondary data and direct non-participant observation. The main results of the research indicate that the municipal public power of the city of Campina Grande-PB has developed and implemented policies, plans, programs and projects that reduce omissions or gaps between urban public policies and the city's urban sustainability. However, there are inconsistencies between the existence of public policies and their effective execution, and it is up to the municipal public power of the city to direct better attention and execution of public policies to the subjects that have received unsustainable and potentially unsustainable classification in relation to urban sustainability. Thus, the research provided a set of fundamental information for the formulation and implementation of investments, projects and public policies aimed at sustainable urban development of the city, as the absence of public policies can influence urban development on unsustainable bases