As cidades inteligentes e as operações urbanas consorciadas no contexto da função social da cidade.

Abstract

The objective of this dissertation was to investigate the concepts of social function of the city, the concept of Smart cities and also work on the Public private partnerships so-called “Operações urbanas consorciadas”, from Brazilian Federal Act 10.257/2001. After contextualizing the urban contemporary problem, especially in the reality of Brazil and Salvador de Bahia, the task was to match those concepts in order to identify whether that public private partnership would be a lawful and adequate apparatus for the formulation of a public policy on Smart cities projects while evaluating the role of the State in this enterprises. Furthermore, it was aimed to study if that kind of partnership, designed in that Statute of Law, would be suited to accomplish the social function of the city concept and, hence, bear social externalities, making evaluation on the infrastructure matter but also studying the human capital of the smart cities along with its sustainability. All of this assessment was done in a critical manner.