Estudo preliminar de requalificação urbana: Residencial Novo Aurora, São José de Ribamar (MA)

Abstract

In recent decades, Maranhão has shown the highest percentage increase in urban residents in the Northeast region of the country, indicating, among other factors, the growing demand for housing in the main municipalities of the state. However, the metropolitan region of São Luís, institutionalized in the 1990s and composed of 13 cities, including São José de Ribamar, has not kept pace with the infrastructure and service needs of the recent urban population, which has increasingly occupied peripheral areas, establishing new expansion zones on the large island. In this scenario, the Residencial Novo Aurora emerges, a housing complex development with 1,440 units, built under the "Minha Casa, Minha Vida" program of the former Federal Government, with contributions from the São José de Ribamar Municipality. However, after the project's implementation, infrastructure facilities and services that should have accompanied the site's occupation process were not provided, aiming to ensure urban quality for the new residents of the region. Security problems, mobility issues, lack of leisure spaces, and difficulty in accessing services became common in the area. Therefore, the presente work intended, in general, to develop a Preliminary Urban Requalification in the implementation area of the Residencial Novo Aurora, in the municipality of São José de Ribamar, Maranhão, in order to improve the housing and living conditions of this space. To achieve this, bibliographic research, analysis of design references, were carried out, as well as data collection, documents, and relevant information from the enterprise and the region, to contribute to the elaboration of maps and a SWOT matrix. Based on the analysis of the collected data, the Preliminary Study it was prepared considering the aspects of infrastructure, mobility, accessibility, landscaping, and service provision.