A mobilidade urbana na Gamboa-RJ no contexto da reestruturação do Porto Maravilha

Abstract

This dissertation is the result of scientific research in the search for understanding urban mobility in the neighborhood of Gamboa-RJ in the context of the restructuring of Porto Maravilha. In 2009, the city of Rio de Janeiro was chosen to host a sporting mega-event: the 2016 Olympics and Paralympics. The city also hosted some 2014 FIFA Soccer World Cup matches. works started to be carried out in the city, imposing a substantial restructuring in its urban space. The Port Zone of Rio de Janeiro was the space that underwent most of this restructuring. The neighborhood of Gamboa, our research space, is located in the Port Zone, and has also undergone several transformations, especially in terms of urban mobility. So that the restructuring works could be started, the Urban Operation Consortium of the Port Zone of Rio de Janeiro was created, which gave rise to the Porto Maravilha Project. Above all, Porto Maravilha promised to completely improve urban mobility in its area of operation. This dissertation aims to analyze the transformations in urban mobility in the Gamboa district through three structuring axes: rigorous consultation of geographic literature and other fields of science, concerned with urban mobility and the restructuring of geographic space; analysis of urban mobility policies; and field research with residents of Gamboa in order to analyze and understand the consequences of Porto Maravilha for urban mobility for Gamboa. Our research demonstrated, according to the bibliography consulted, together with the interviews conducted with the residents of Gamboa and with our observations in the field, that Porto Maravilha caused several problems of urban mobility to the residents.