RIVER WATERFRONT AND RAILWAY SECTOR REORGANIZING THE METROPOLITAN DYNAMICS In order to improve the supply of housing and jobs, and to articulate the areas where formal jobs are offered in all the cities of the Metropolitan Region of São Paulo, the Master Plan recognizes as strategic the spaces connecting these central areas. The Master Plan defines that, in these areas where the infrastructure systems which permit citizens and products displacements are found, such as railways, structural avenues and highways – and rivers, which will be revaluated – Projects of Urban Intervention will be implemented to promote the necessary urban transformations for the metropolitan dynamics. CHARACTERISTICS: Areas along Tietê, Pinheiros and Tamanduateí rivers and surrounding the railway system, where there is large vacant or underused land CENTRAL SECTOR DEVELOPMENT AXES SECTOR CHARACTERISTICS: Central region, where the historical city center is, with large employment opportunities, and commercial and services activities CARACTERISTICS: Area lacking job opportunities, but densely populated, along important transportation axes and arterial roads BIG CHANGES MUST BE GUIDED BY PROJECTS Urban improvements are made feasible through different tools, within a participatory planning process: Consortium Urban Operations (OUC), Urban Intervention Areas (AIU), Urban Concessions, and Local Structuring Areas (AEL). The main goal is to improve certain areas of the city. The minimum requirements are: EIXO FERNÃO DIAS EIXO NOROESTE URBAN • Development of an Urban Intervention Project (PIU) with defined implementation stages • Definition of parameters for land use and occupation (when applicable) SOCIAL • Attention to social housing needs • Implementation of urban and social facilities ARCO TIETÊ AMBIENTAIS • Soluções para áreas de risco e com solos contaminados • Intervenções para melhorar as condições ambientais e paisagísticas Rio T ietê ARCO LESTE Ri ARCO PINHEIROS ARCO JACU-PÊSSEGO o Rio Pinh eiro s eí at FARIA LIMAÁGUA ESPRAIADA ELABORATING URBAN PROJECTS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE DEADLINES DEVELOPING STRATEGIES TO CONFRONT VACANT OR UNDERUSED AREAS ARCO TAMANDUATEÍ CREATING JOBS IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ZONES THROUGH URBAN AND TAX INCENTIVES ENVIROMENTAL • Solutions for risk areas and contaminated land • Interventions to improve environmental and landscape conditions MANAGEMENT • Mechanisms for participation and social control • Instrumentos para o monitoramento e avaliação das ações du an CENTRO m Ta DEFINING STRATEGIC TERRITORIES TO REBALANCE THE CITY AND CONNECT THE METROPOLITAN AREA'S MUNICIPALITIES $ ARCO JURUBATUBA EIXO CUPECÊ Bills (draft laws) regarding the following Urban Intervention Projects (PIU) should be submitted until: 2015 ARCO TAMANDUATEÍ 2016 ARCO TIETÊ 2017 ARCO JURUBATUBA 2018 ARCO PINHEIROS CREATING JOBS NEXT TO HOUSING JACU-PÊSSEGO and CUPECÊ, for non-residential uses: ∞ Maximum floor area ratio = 4 structural road system railways rivers ∞ Exemption from charging onerous grant