A conformação de Palmas sob o aspecto da densidade urbana uma análise de seu projeto e leis urbanísticas

Abstract

The density of a city, as a statistical parameter commonly used to measure population in a given portion of territory, is an important tool to aid in its planning and management in the search for urban-environmental balance, reducing urbanization costs, proper use of urban infrastructure and the promotion of access to the city with social equity. This paper aims to understand the process of conformation of Palmas / TO from the perspective of urban density, and to draw a projection of its future scenario, by studying the density guidelines contained in the urban design that gave rise to the city, its occupation process and the subsequent urban legislations, especially its master plans, culminating in the 2018 Master Plan. Although there was a definition of density in the city project and the first Master Plan of the city, there was a distortion in the occupation process since its early years which, coupled with legislation enacted over time, contributed to the deconfiguration of the originally density and occupation proposed, resulting in a sprawling city with very low densities.