Resilient Cities 2011
Bonn, Germany
2nd World Congress on
Cities and Adaptation to
Climate Change
Urban Management and Inclusiveness :
Belo Horizonte’s case study
Belo Horizonte on the map
MINAS
GERAIS
BRAZIL
Territorial extension: 331 km2
Population: 2,4 million inhab.
Metropolitan area pop.: 4,5 million inhab.
4th biggest Brazilian city (population)
Economically active population: 51%
Main activity: services
The strategic plan of short and
medium term: 2009-2012
(Goals and Results)
HEALTHY CITY
CITY WITH ALL WELL LOOKED
AFTER SLUMS
EDUCATION
SHARED CITY
CITY WITH
MOBILITY
SAFE CITY
SUSTAINABLE
CITY
CITY FOR ALL
PROSPERITY
CULTURE
MODERNITY
METROPOLITAN
INTEGRATION
MUNICIPAL HOUSING POLICY (PMH)
URBEL’s universo atuation
BH Area ___________________________ 331 sq km
Population _________________________ 2.412.937 *
Number of Squatter Settlements_____________ 208 **
Population in Squatter Settlements____ 471.344 Hab. **
(19,5% of total population of town)
Homes in Squatter Settlements ___________129.702 **
Slums __________________________________174 **
Apartment complexes (before 1993) ___________ 24 **
Other settlements __________________________10 **
Areas of social interest__________________16,8 sq km
(5% of total area of town ) **
Buldings of high or very high risk:__________ 3.789 ***
* SOURCE: IBGE / 2007
** SOURCE: SIT / DVPL / DPL / 2007 - URBEL
*** SOURCE DIAGNÓSTICO RISCO - 2009 - URBEL
VILA VIVA PROGRAM
Specific Global Plan (PGE)
Data collection
urbanisticenvironmental
legal
socio-economic and
organizational
Integrated diagnosis
Intervention propositions
Community
mobilization
Priorization of interventions
PGE - directs the government assistance for external resources
VILA VIVA PROGRAM
Princípios da Reabilitação Estrutural
Integration of urban and social policies
Intersectoral and shared management
Desenvolvimento
extension of the proposed improvements
urbano
sustentável
sustainability of actions
política
de inclusão
social e generation
geração depolicies
renda
Social
inclusion
and income
integration of informal settlements to the rest of the city
VILA VIVA - Aglomerado da Serra
Caracterization of the area
Experimental area - 2nd biggest group of slums in the Metropolitan Area
Pioneering deployment of PGE (6 slums):
Santana do Cafezal, Marçola, N. Srª. Aparecida, N. Srª. da Conceição,
N. Srª. de Fátima e Novo São Lucas.
area: 1,5 km² (approx.)
population: 60,000 inhab (approx.)
START: 2005
FINISH: 2010
average income per family: 1 to 2 Brazilian minimum monthly wage
VILA VIVA - Aglomerado da Serra
Urban Diagnosis
Rugged topography
High population and construction density
Low accessibility
VILA VIVA - Aglomerado da Serra
Urban Diagnosis
Areas of high geological risk
Irregular occupation of slopes = landslides
squatter settlements
VILA VIVA - Aglomerado da Serra
Environmental Diagnosis
Waste accumulation and deforestation
+
Contamination of water curses and drainage lines
environmental
degradation
4Lack of basic sanitation
4Insufficient / irregular drainage
systems
VILA VIVA - Aglomerado da Serra
Social Diagnosis
Difficulty of access to property
4Irregular or clandestine urbanization.
Social vulnerability
4Unemployment, violence and drugs.
Weakness of health care
4Difficult access of preventive medicine.
4Few areas for specialized health care.
Weakness of education
4Few places available in schools
VILA VIVA - Aglomerado da Serra
Lines of action
Environmental requalification
4Evacuation
of dreinage lines
4Protection
of springs and preservation
of natural courses
Interface with DRENURBS PROGRAM
(municipal urban dreinage program)
4Riparian
vegetation recovery
Planting of native trees
3ª Água Park
5 Parks: 1ª, 2ª e 3ª Água,
Pocinho and Cardoso
VILA VIVA - Aglomerado da Serra
Linhas de ação
Sanitation system deployment
4 Sanitation
4 universalization of collection and sewage treatment;
4 interception along the thalwegs;
4 Dreinage
4 priorization of natural water flows;
4 cleaning of thalwegs;
4 retention basins against floods;
4 Water Supply
4 extension of supply nets;
4 homes with individual nets.
4 Urban Cleaning
4 expansion of solid waste collection.
VILA VIVA - Aglomerado da Serra
Linhas de ação
Eradication of risk areas
Revegetation of slopes
Treatment
of slopes
Dams to prevent flood
VILA VIVA - Aglomerado da Serra
Linhas de ação
Restructuring of housing system and land regularization
Planta tipo
do apartamento
de 2 quartos
Private property
Public property
Prescription - Donation
State property: Government agreement - Donation
Municipal property: Direct qualification (buying and selling)
VILA VIVA - Aglomerado da Serra
Linhas de ação
Social-organizational development
Environmental and Sanitary Education
Program: participatory management for
the use and preservation of urban facilites
(schools, transportation) and green areas
Social monitoring in the process of removal
and resettlement: pre e post-moving
BH-CIDADANIA PROGRAM - 2 centers
VILA VIVA - Aglomerado da Serra
Linhas de ação
Social-organizational development
Professional training program
4 Identification of potencial demands of the community
4 Programs to generate employment and income - local labor force
Produção dos uniformes dos operários da obra
Fábrica de tijolos de concreto para as
unidades habitacionais
VILA VIVA / PGE
Funding resources and interventions in progress
PLACE
FUNDING
Aglomerado da Serra
INVESTMENT
(MILLION R$)
OBJECT
Urbanization, construction and procurement of UH (housing unit),
compensation, expropriation, social work, equipment and management
PMI – BNDES
188,4
Vila Califórnia
Saneamento para
Todos – CEF
19,4
Vila São José
PPI – CEF
115,0
Urbanization, construction and procurement of UH, indemnities,
social work, expropriation, land tenure and management.
Pedreira Prado Lopes
PPI – CEF
49,0
Urbanization, construction and procurement of UH, indemnities,
Urbanization, construction and procurement of UH,
compensation, expropriation, social work, land regularization.
locial work, expropriation, land tenure, management.
Aglomerado Morro das
Pedras
BNDES / OGU 2006 /
Pró-Moradia – CEF
119,7
OGU 2006 /
Pró-Moradia – CEF
91,7
Urbanization, construction and procurement of UH, indemnities,
social work, expropriation, land tenure and management. .
Saneamento para
Todos – CEF
15,3
Urbanization section of Avenida Belem (Bethlehem Avenue) and
side streets, treatment of valley bottom, construction and
procurement of UH, indemnities, social work. .
Santa Terezinha
Pró-Moradia – CEF
15,7
Urbanization stretch of Santa Teresa Street and cross streets,
treatment of valley bottom, construction and procurement of UH,
indemnities, social work.
Várzea da Palma
Pró-Moradia – CEF
200,8
São Tomás / Aeroporto
Pró-Moradia – CEF
96,7
Vila Cemig / Alto das
Antenas
Pró-Moradia – CEF
47,5
Taquaril
Vila Belém
TOTAL
Urbanization, construction and procurement of UH, indemnities,
social work expropriation, land tenure and management
959,2
Urbanization, construction and procurement of UH,
compensation, expropriation, social work and land tenure.
construção
~ US$ 500 MILLION
or ~ 300 MILLION EUROS
VILA VIVA