Urban Management Instruments

Urban Planning and Management. Strategies, concepts and definitions: Description of the territory; Characterization of the Population; Housing Deficit and Needs for renovations and expansions. International and national experience in planning. Instruments that induce municipal development: Real Estate Market; Tourism; Industry; Commerce and Agriculture and Farming. Real Estate Market and Land Policy. Sectoral Policy: Environment; Historic Preservation; Transportation; Infrastructure; Housing and Specialized Sectors. Land regularization: available instruments and ZEIS (abbreviation in Portuguese). Slum Urbanization. National Housing Plan. Municipal Housing Plans. Origins of democratic participation. Participatory Budgeting. Councils. Conferences. Public Hearings. Community Agents. Participatory Master Plan.