Scielo RSS <![CDATA[CIDADES, Comunidades e Territórios]]> http://scielo.pt/rss.php?pid=2182-303020250003&lang=pt vol. num. 50 lang. pt <![CDATA[SciELO Logo]]> http://scielo.pt/img/en/fbpelogp.gif http://scielo.pt <![CDATA[Editorial 50]]> http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2182-30302025000300001&lng=pt&nrm=iso&tlng=pt <![CDATA[Águas que desenham territórios: reinventar os rios nas cidades contemporâneas]]> http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2182-30302025000300002&lng=pt&nrm=iso&tlng=pt <![CDATA[Methodological proposal for the assessment of the minor water network: Application to the banks of urban streams in Cuenca, Ecuador]]> http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2182-30302025000300003&lng=pt&nrm=iso&tlng=pt Resumen Los cuerpos de agua menores cumplen funciones básicas en los ecosistemas urbanos, contribuyendo a la regulación hídrica y del microclima, la mitigación de inundaciones, la biodiversidad y la creación de espacios recreativos y educativos con valor paisajístico. Sin embargo, su manejo suele verse relegado incluso en ciudades con políticas destacadas de manejo fluvial, por lo que constituyen uno de los ecosistemas acuáticos más degradados del mundo. En este contexto, se presenta una herramienta que permite sistematizar información clave sobre las quebradas urbanas y visibilizar su estado actual, mediante una metodología replicable y de acceso abierto. La herramienta posibilita la recolección, sistematización y visualización de datos de manera semiautomatizada, mediante un formulario georreferenciado y mapas interactivos. Se abordan como aspecto principal de las quebradas urbanas la integración de sus orillas al espacio público de la ciudad, mediante el levantamiento de información sobre cuatro componentes: cuerpo de agua, borde de ribera, orilla y primera línea edificada. A través de preguntas de opción múltiple, capturas fotográficas y de audio, se recopilan datos cuantitativos y cualitativos para documentar 14 variables, proporcionando un diagnóstico integral de cada tramo, quebrada y de la red hídrica en general. Los resultados se registran en una base de datos, de la que se derivan un inventario y un dashboard interactivo dirigidos a la ciudadanía. Esta herramienta tiene como objetivo contribuir al manejo sostenible de las quebradas urbanas, su reintegración en la política pública y en la conciencia colectiva, reafirmando su rol como elemento fundamental de la red hídrica de las ciudades.<hr/>Abstract Smaller bodies of water perform essential functions in urban ecosystems, contributing to water and microclimate regulation, flood mitigation, biodiversity, and the creation of recreational and educational spaces with landscape value. However, their management is often neglected even in cities with significant river management policies, making them one of the most degraded aquatic ecosystems in the world. In this context, we present a tool that systematizes key information on urban streams and visualizes their current state using a replicable and open-access methodology. The tool enables the semi-automated collection, systematization, and display of data using a georeferenced form and interactive maps. The main aspect of urban streams is the integration of their banks into the city's public space, gathering information on four components: watercourse, riverbank edge, bank, and first line built. Through multiple-choice questions and photographic and audio recordings, quantitative and qualitative data are collected to document 14 variables, providing a comprehensive assessment of each section, stream, and the whole water network. The results are recorded in a database, which generates an inventory and an interactive dashboard for citizens. This tool aims to contribute to the sustainable management of urban streams, their reintegration into public policy and the collective consciousness, reaffirming their role as a fundamental element of the urban water network. <![CDATA[A (in)visibilidade do rio na percepção e representação da paisagem em Santa Bárbara D’oeste (Brasil)]]> http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2182-30302025000300019&lng=pt&nrm=iso&tlng=pt Resumo A percepção de uma paisagem indicia as relações entre comunidade, memória, imaginário, afetividade e seu território. Estas relações ajudam a captar a imagem e identidade da paisagem, além de nos aproximar de processos de regeneração da paisagem que contemplem abordagens participativas. Com o objetivo de analisar a percepção das paisagens fluviais de Santa Bárbara d’Oeste - São Paulo/Brasil, este trabalho analisa duas experiências de mapas participativos de rios urbanos, envolvendo estudantes do ensino médio da rede pública na cidade. Para isto foram utilizados mapas participativos, dentro do contexto da cartografia social, com abordagem fenomenológica. Esse método permitiu identificar a percepção dos participantes, as escalas de conexão, afetividade, assim como os níveis de conhecimento geral, geográfico, espacial e territorial. Constatou-se a invisibilidade dos rios na paisagem; a desconexão entre o ambientes urbano e o natural; fricções e dissociações espaciais entre digital e o analógico; a existência anônima das águas e o grande desafio de educar para a salvaguarda planeta. O papel do mapa participativo, com a combinação de recursos digitais e analógicos, destacou-se por aprimorar processos de percepção, valorização e representação da paisagem. Sublinhando, ainda, sua relevância para sensibilizar coletivamente acerca de componentes menos reconhecidos da paisagem, como os rios. Nota-se um potencial interesse na inclusão e/ou evidenciação da temática da paisagem fluvial no currículo escolar. As contribuições destacadas podem fomentar diretrizes e planos urbanos.<hr/>Abstract The perception of a landscape provides valuable insights into the relationships between community, memory, imagination, affection, and territory. These relationships play a key role in shaping the image and identity of the landscape and bring us closer to landscape regeneration processes that embrace participatory approaches. With the aim of analyzing the perception of the riverscapes of Santa Bárbara d’Oeste - São Paulo/Brazil, this work analyzes two experiences of participatory maps of urban rivers, involving high school students from the public school system in the city. This approach enabled the identification of participants' perceptions, the scales of connection and affectivity, and the levels of general, geographical, spatial, and territorial knowledge. Key issues identified include the invisibility of rivers in the perception of the landscape; the disconnection between urban and natural environments; frictions and spatial dissociations between digital and analog representations; anonymous existence of waterways and the pressing challenge of educating communities to protect the planet were also highlighted. The participatory mapping process, which integrates digital and analog resources, proved effective in enhancing perception, appreciation, and representation of the landscape. Its relevance lies in its ability to collectively raise awareness about overlooked landscape components, such as rivers. Furthermore, there is significant potential in incorporating or emphasizing the topic of riverscapes within school curricula. These insights offer valuable contributions toward developing urban planning and policy guidelines sensitive to water and its integrative potential in shaping landscapes and territories. <![CDATA[Manejo de águas pluviais em circunstâncias urbanas]]> http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2182-30302025000300040&lng=pt&nrm=iso&tlng=pt Resumo Dentre os desafios que se apresentam às cidades brasileiras, marcadas pela desigualdade social e pelo descuido com a qualidade ambiental, está o enfrentamento dos problemas causados pelas chuvas, cujos regime e intensidade já foram planetariamente alterados pela ação humana. Mudanças climáticas e consequente intensificação de eventos extremos impõem medidas urgentes para combater efeitos perniciosos, principalmente inundações e deslizamentos de encostas. Uma saída para mitigar tais problemas (e futuramente alcançar uma coexistência reconciliada com a água em meio urbano) está na implementação de projetos coletivos de manejo de águas pluviais através de parcerias entre grupos sócio-espaciais e poder público, em substituição ou complementares à drenagem urbana convencional, muitas vezes ineficaz. Este artigo discute propostas de ação extensionista que combinam educação ambiental comunitária e formação de assessorias técnicas em arquitetura e urbanismo no âmbito da habitação de interesse social (ATHIS). Essa ação conjunta parte de pequenas unidades geográficas - as circunstâncias - para chegar à totalidade da bacia hidrográfica, articulando vivências em nível micro local, adquiridas pela observação direta do cotidiano, ao conhecimento técnico-científico do desenho urbano e da hidrologia. Assim é possível que os moradores compreendam a relação entre o modelo de urbanização vigente e os problemas à sua porta. O conceito de circunstância é o principal fundamento de uma pedagogia das águas urbanas, desenvolvida pelo grupo de pesquisa MOM desde 2016, cujo intuito é democratizar o conhecimento sobre a dinâmica da água no interior das bacias urbanizadas e dar voz e poder de decisão a todos os seus habitantes.<hr/>Abstract Among the challenges facing Brazilian cities today, marked by social inequality and neglect of environmental quality, is tackling the problems caused by rainfall, whose regime and intensity have long been altered globally by human action. Climate change and the consequent intensification of extreme events require urgent measures to combat their harmful effects, especially floods and landslides. One way to mitigate such problems (and in the future achieve a reconciled coexistence with water in urban areas) is to implement collective rainwater management projects through partnerships between socio-spatial groups and public authorities, replacing or complementing conventional urban drainage, which is often ineffective. This article discusses proposals for an extension action that combines community environmental education and training of technical consultants in architecture and urban planning in the context of social housing (ATHIS). This joint action starts with small geographic units - the circumstances - to reach the entire river basin, articulating experiences at the micro-local level, acquired through direct observation of daily life, with the technical-scientific knowledge of urban design and hydrology. This enables residents to understand the relationship between the current urbanization model and the problems at their doorstep. The concept of circumstances is the main foundation of a pedagogy of urban waters, developed by the MOM research group since 2016, whose aim is to democratize knowledge about the dynamics of water within urbanized basins and give voice and decision-making power to all their inhabitants. <![CDATA[Barcelona’s Rec Comtal: the multiple lives of a millenary water infrastructure]]> http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2182-30302025000300051&lng=pt&nrm=iso&tlng=pt Abstract The Rec Comtal is a canal that provided water to Barcelona for a thousand years, until it was disconnected from the water supply network in the late 20th century. Nevertheless, a small part of it continued to carry water, and remained inconspicuously active through informal uses (recreational and agricultural). The rediscovery of the canal in the 21st Century, initially in the form of archaeological remains, has made this hydraulic infrastructure newly visible and increasingly present in the social and political life of the city. It has been reconceptualized as a future “green infrastructure”, reclaimed as part of the historical memory of some neighbourhoods, and activated as a political ally in the resistance against certain urban developments. This article explores the multiple ways in which the Rec has resurfaced in the last two decades. It then zooms into an area - between Can San Joan and Vallbona - which was renovated following grassroots mobilizations, which anticipates the redesign of the Rec as a new green infrastructure for the city, and where this vision has produced friction with existing recreational uses such as bathing, now deemed inappropriate. Drawing from the anthropology of infrastructures literature we conceptualize the Rec as an infrastructure capable of channelling things other than water, including imaginaries, affect, promises, desires and moral behaviours. <![CDATA[Challenges to the renaturalization of river landscapes in arid environments: utopias and contradictions]]> http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2182-30302025000300067&lng=pt&nrm=iso&tlng=pt Resúmen Las alarmas ante la pérdida de biodiversidad y la degradación de los sistemas socio-ecológicos sobre dimensionados por los escenarios de cambio climático global han traído a escena una serie de conceptos y prácticas, guiadas por objetivos de sustentabilidad, conservación y restauración. Dentro de este marco, la noción de renaturalización recupera estas preocupaciones. Se presenta como un ambicioso proyecto tendiente a recuperar algo o volverlo a un estado anterior, a incrementar la heterogeneidad ambiental, la biodiversidad y reducir las intervenciones humanas (Lorimer et al, 2015). No obstante, la idea de renaturalización no impresiona homogénea (Jørgensen 2015). No sólo no hay acuerdo en cuál es ese momento previo al que hay que volver, tampoco qué debe ser recuperado y quiénes definen la conformación de esos recortes. Situada en la Diagonal Árida Sudamericana, la ciudad de Mendoza (Argentina) ha incorporado recientemente las ideas de regeneración urbana y renaturalización, como caminos a horizontes de sustentabilidad y oferta de servicios ecosistémicos, especialmente en el entorno de los ríos urbanos y espacios públicos asociados. En este contexto, el presente trabajo problematiza las nociones de regeneración urbana y renaturalización como dispositivos tecnológicos de un cúmulo de acciones tendientes a la sustentabilidad de los paisajes fluviales urbanos. En base a un estudio de caso que se despliega sobre la ciudad de Mendoza y se recurre al uso de metodologías mixtas, se revisa el alcance y contenido que estas nociones reciben en los organismos públicos con competencia en los territorios asociados a los ríos urbanos para analizar luego los conflictos y tensiones territoriales que se suscitan.<hr/>Abstract The alarms surrounding the loss of biodiversity and the degradation of socio-ecological systems, over-dimensioned by global climate change scenarios, have brought to the forefront a series of concepts and practices guided by sustainability, conservation, and restoration objectives. Within this framework, the notion of rewilding addresses these concerns. It is presented as an ambitious project aimed at recovering something or returning it to a previous state, increasing environmental heterogeneity and biodiversity, and reducing human intervention (Lorimer et al., 2015). However, the idea of ​​rewilding does not appear homogeneous (Jørgensen, 2015). Not only is there no agreement on the point before the return is necessary, nor is there agreement on what should be recovered and who defines the makeup of these reductions. Located on the South American Arid Diagonal, the city of Mendoza (Argentina) has recently incorporated the ideas of urban regeneration and renaturalization as paths toward sustainability and the provision of ecosystem services, especially in the surroundings of urban rivers and associated public spaces. In this context, this paper problematizes the notions of urban regeneration and renaturalization as technological devices for a range of actions aimed at the sustainability of urban riverscapes. Based on a case study of the city of Mendoza and employing mixed methodologies, the scope and content of these notions are reviewed by public agencies with jurisdiction over territories associated with urban rivers, and then the territorial conflicts and tensions that arise are analyzed. <![CDATA[Relações entre rios e ferrovias nos processos de urbanização baseados na natureza]]> http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2182-30302025000300085&lng=pt&nrm=iso&tlng=pt Resumo O ensaio explora as relações entre rios e ferrovias nos processos de urbanização, com ênfase na Região Metropolitana de Belo Horizonte (RMBH), em Minas Gerais. Destaca como os rios historicamente determinaram rotas naturais e influenciaram o estabelecimento humano devido à suavidade das trajetórias moldadas pela água. A ferrovia compartilha dessa lógica, exigindo trajetos com poucos desníveis, contornando elevações e respeitando os fluxos naturais, enquanto a rodovia introduz uma abordagem mais agressiva, atravessando morros e vales diretamente. A análise histórica mostra quatro fases claras de urbanização em Minas Gerais: a navegação fluvial inicial; a abertura de estradas pelos colonizadores; a implantação das ferrovias no século XIX; e a subsequente expansão das rodovias no século XX. Ressalta-se como a ferrovia, alinhada à geografia natural dos rios, impulsionou um desenvolvimento territorial sustentável e integrado, enquanto as rodovias promoveram uma desconexão dos sistemas naturais, resultando em impactos ambientais negativos e perda da identidade cultural e territorial. Especificamente, a ocupação colonial e a industrialização mineira são analisadas, ilustrando como o desenvolvimento ferroviário, com infraestrutura alinhada às bacias hidrográficas, promoveu conexões econômicas e urbanas eficazes. O artigo finaliza com uma crítica à decadência dos sistemas ferroviários e hidroviários, evidenciando a deterioração cultural e ambiental decorrente da priorização da expansão rodoviária, destacando a necessidade de resgatar práticas mais sustentáveis e integradas à paisagem natural.<hr/>Abstract This study explores nature-based urbanization processes in the Velhas River basin, located in Minas Gerais, Brazil, emphasizing the relationships between the natural environment, cultural knowledge, and the use of technology over time. Four historical phases are analyzed, each defined by a predominant type of route: fluvial, colonial, railway, and highway. In the 19th century, railroads were built following the riverbeds, connecting mining regions and fostering industrial growth, particularly in the steel sector. This period reflects a relatively harmonious coexistence between nature and technical infrastructure, which supported the emergence of cities such as Sabará and Ouro Preto. However, the transition to road transport in the 20th century-driven by the 1944 National Road Plan-disrupted this balance. The prioritization of roads and automobiles led to severe environmental impacts, the decline of river and rail-based routes, and the development of cities increasingly detached from their natural landscapes. The study is grounded in Yuk Hui’s concept of cosmotechnics, highlighting that technological practices are always embedded within specific cultural and environmental contexts, and that rivers should be regarded as living agents in the construction of territory. <![CDATA[Public policies and regulations in the period 2000-2024 for the construction of a sustainable habitat in the city of Mar del Plata]]> http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2182-30302025000300095&lng=pt&nrm=iso&tlng=pt Resumen En los últimos años, las formas de habitar y construir las ciudades han cambiado significativamente, generando tensiones entre la planificación urbana y el crecimiento espontáneo de asentamientos. Frente a este contexto, la Agenda 2030 y la Nueva Agenda Urbana establecieron objetivos para promover ciudades sostenibles, destacando la protección de ecosistemas, la reducción del impacto ambiental y el uso de modalidades sostenibles de consumo y producción. En este artículo se analizó instrumentos normativos durante el periodo 2000-2024 a escala internacional, nacional, provincial y municipal relacionados con la construcción de un hábitat sostenible en la ciudad de Mar del Plata, en el marco del Objetivo de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS) 11, con énfasis en las metas 11.a y 11.b. A través de una metodología cualitativa-cuantitativa, de carácter descriptivo-interpretativo, se emplearon técnicas de relevamiento, registro y análisis documental de normativas publicadas en boletines oficiales. Los resultados revelaron diferentes niveles de implementación y alcances de las normativas en relación con los objetivos de sostenibilidad urbana. Este análisis pretende contribuir al conocimiento sobre instrumentos normativos que favorecen la construcción de ciudades sostenibles, ofreciendo una base para evaluar y desarrollar alternativas sostenibles que respondan a los desafíos contemporáneos de las ciudades.<hr/>Abstract In recent years, the ways of inhabiting and building cities have changed significantly, generating tensions between urban planning and the spontaneous growth of settlements. Against this context, the 2030 Agenda and the New Urban Agenda established objectives to promote sustainable cities, highlighting the protection of ecosystems, the reduction of environmental impact and the use of sustainable consumption and production modalities. This article analyzed regulatory instruments during the period 2000-2024 at an international, national, provincial and municipal level related to the construction of a sustainable habitat in the city of Mar del Plata, within the framework of the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 11, with emphasis on goals 11.a and 11.b. Through a qualitative-quantitative methodology, of a descriptive-interpretive nature, survey, registration and documentary analysis techniques of regulations published in official bulletins were used. The results revealed different levels of implementation and scope of regulations in relation to urban sustainability objectives. This analysis aims to contribute to knowledge about regulatory instruments that favor the construction of sustainable cities, offering a basis to evaluate and develop sustainable alternatives that respond to the contemporary challenges of cities. <![CDATA[Significant correlations in residential segregation in medium-sized cities: the case of Ciudad Real (Spain)]]> http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2182-30302025000300108&lng=pt&nrm=iso&tlng=pt Abstract In the field of urban studies, residential segregation has traditionally been viewed as closely linked to social inequality. However, recent research in the European context has empirically demonstrated that this relationship is much more complex. From this perspective, this paper focuses on Ciudad Real, a medium-sized Castilian-La Mancha city. It is observed that medium-sized cities present lower levels of residential segregation than large urban areas, but with a marked difference between high and low incomes. This paper emphasises the importance of case studies in understanding the relationship between residential segregation and social inequality, and how an increase in inequality does not always translate into greater segregation. The relevance of addressing residential segregation in medium-sized cities is recognised in order to better understand this phenomenon at a global level. This analysis has provided a clear insight into the complex socioeconomic interactions that characterized the year 2021. Several significant correlations were identified between sociodemographic variables and income-related variables, highlighting the close connection between these aspects in the socioeconomic reality. Results underscore the need to adopt a comprehensive approach when addressing contemporary issues of inequality and labor dynamics. Furthermore, the importance of Geography as a key discipline to address socio-spatial disparities and promote equity in cities is highlighted. The complexity of the relationships between segregation and inequality is emphasized, underlining the importance of meaningful correlations to understand the patterns of socio-spatial differentiation in these cities. The need to study residential segregation at an infra-municipal scale is raised for a more detailed analysis. <![CDATA[Da opacidade à luminosidade imagética: as interfaces do muro]]> http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2182-30302025000300122&lng=pt&nrm=iso&tlng=pt Resumo O muro é uma manifestação física dos processos segregadores históricos, sociais, políticos e econômicos, mas também se reveste de inúmeras subjetividades ligadas à individualização crescente da sociedade. Por sua complexidade, o muro é uma barreira que apresenta faces e interfaces integrantes de uma mesma estrutura, mas que possuem singularidades e impactos diferenciais no espaço público. Ao compreender os cercamentos como elementos à deriva que são passíveis à mutação, o graffiti é evocado enquanto uma prática artística que pode ativar e aprimorar as interfaces do muro em áreas urbanas. O objetivo deste trabalho é apresentar as potencialidades do graffiti na ativação da interface do muro com o espaço público, articulado a partir de ações coletivas. Para isso, se apresenta uma análise de caso brasileiro na região periférica de Campinas- São Paulo, apoiada por revisão sistemática de literatura e um mapeamento de observação. O graffiti criou ambiências acolhedoras nos locais onde foi executado e estimulou outras dinâmicas de uso e apropriação destes espaços, ressignificando parcelas do bairro no sentido da territorialização e pertencimento. Os resultados indicam possibilidades e pistas de incentivo às práticas de apropriação, vislumbrando um caminho de maior vitalidade das cidades contemporâneas, principalmente em regiões carentes de infraestrutura e de equipamentos comunitários. A identidade local é valorizada na medida que o espaço e a paisagem urbana são qualificados e passam a ser instrumentos de afirmação de que o espaço em disputa pertence e é de direito de cada cidadão.<hr/>Abstract The wall is a physical manifestation of historical, social, political, and economic segregation processes, but it also has countless subjectivities linked to the growing individualization of society. Because of its complexity, the wall is a barrier that presents faces and interfaces that are part of the same structure but have singularities and differential impacts on public space. By understanding fences as drifting elements susceptible to mutation, graffiti is evoked as an artistic practice that can activate and enhance the interfaces of the wall in urban areas. This paper aims to present the potential of graffiti in activating the interface between the wall and the public space, articulated through collective actions. To this end, an analysis of a Brazilian case in the peripheral region of Campinas - São Paulo is presented, supported by a systematic literature review and an observation mapping. The graffiti created welcoming environments where it was executed and stimulated other dynamics of use and appropriation of these places, re-signifying parts of the neighborhood in the sense of territorialization and belonging. The findings suggest potential avenues for fostering practices of appropriation, thereby charting a course towards enhanced vitality in contemporary urban environments, particularly in regions facing infrastructure and community facility deficiencies. Local identity is upheld to the extent that urban space and landscape are designated as belonging to and being the right of every citizen, thereby affirming their value. <![CDATA[Ruptura temporal das vivências cotidianas: do passado sensível ao patrimônio afetivo de Paracatu de Baixo, Mariana, MG]]> http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2182-30302025000300154&lng=pt&nrm=iso&tlng=pt Resumo O rompimento da barragem de Fundão, pertencente à empresa Samarco, em cinco de novembro de 2015, marcou um dos piores desastres socioambientais do Brasil. O colapso devastou a bacia do rio Doce e comunidades como Paracatu de Baixo, Mariana, MG. O local tornou-se símbolo de reivindicações por indenizações e preservação de seu patrimônio cultural. Esta pesquisa busca refletir como Paracatu de Baixo, hoje composto por ruínas, reverbera seu patrimônio cultural, a partir de vínculos afetivos, tornando-se símbolo de resistência, permitindo que a comunidade reafirme suas identidades e espaço na história a partir da compreensão e uso de seu passado sensível. A metodologia do artigo é constituída por pesquisa bibliográfica e pela pesquisa documental por meio de relatos da comunidade no jornal A Sirene, associada ao registro fotográfico do local realizada em pesquisa observatória. A análise de conteúdo de diferentes referências possibilitou reflexões sobre como a manutenção da lógica de comunidade e preservação das memórias, pertinentes para garantir as identidades locais no contexto da tragédia. A catástrofe expôs complexas relações sociais e a negligência às vítimas, destacando a urgência de reconhecer memórias e identidades culturais afetadas. Conclui-se que as mudanças no território precisam registrar o passado sensível do rompimento da barragem como também o patrimônio afetivo que denotam os vínculos entre a comunidade e seu (outro) lugar.<hr/>Abstract The collapse of the Fundão dam, owned by Samarco company, on November 5, 2015, marked one of the worst socio-environmental disasters in Brazil. The collapse devastated the Doce River basin and communities like Paracatu de Baixo, in Mariana, Minas Gerais. The site has become a symbol of demands for compensation and the preservation of its cultural heritage. This research aims to reflect on how Paracatu de Baixo, now composed of ruins, reverberates its cultural heritage through emotional ties, becoming a symbol of resistance, allowing the community to reaffirm its identities and place in history through the understanding and use of its sensitive past. The methodology of the article consists of bibliographic research and documentary research through community reports in the A Sirene newspaper, associated with photographic records of the location conducted through observational research. Content analysis of different references allowed for reflections on how the maintenance of the community logic and the preservation of memories are essential to ensuring local identities in the context of the tragedy. The catastrophe exposed complex social relations and the neglect of the victims, highlighting the urgency of recognizing affected memories and cultural identities. It is concluded that the changes in the territory must not only record the sensitive past of the dam collapse but also the emotional heritage that denotes the bonds between the community and its (other) place. <![CDATA[Transportation infrastructure planning: balance between regional vision and the megaproject]]> http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2182-30302025000300168&lng=pt&nrm=iso&tlng=pt Resumen Este artículo reflexiona sobre la importancia de la visión regional, muchas veces minusvalorada, en los megaproyectos. En concreto lo hace a propósito del el megaproyecto del Tren Interurbano México Toluca. A tal objeto, se analiza su planeación a fin de reconocer la presencia o no de la visión regional en su desarrollo. El foco de este trabajo está en la vinculación de la planeación con este tipo de proyectos, así como sus objetivos y procesos, suscribiéndose en la discusión teórica sobre el tema. A través de tres etapas, apoyado del análisis histórico y cartográfico, se aborda la técnica documental, la metodología SALSA y el método de análisis de contenido, esto considerando el marco institucional, la escala de análisis y la estrategia de integración, así como cinco dimensiones y seis categorías mediante las cuales se concluyó que es un megaproyecto infraestructural y no de un enfoque regional.<hr/>Abstract This article reflects on the importance of the regional vision, often undervalued, in megaprojects. Specifically, it does so regarding the megaproject of the Mexico Toluca Interurban Train. For this purpose, its planning is analyzed in order to recognize the presence or not of the regional vision in its development The focus of this work is on the link between planning and this type of projects, as well as its objectives and processes, subscribing to the theoretical discussion on the topic. Through three stages, supported by historical and cartographic analysis, the documentary technique and the SALSA methodology are addressed and the content analysis method, considering the institutional framework, the scale of analysis and the integration strategy, as well as five dimensions and six categories through which it was concluded that it is an infrastructural megaproject and not a regional approach. <![CDATA[Recensão de <em>Habitar em Comunidade. Habitação Cooperativa em Cedência de Direito de Uso</em>]]> http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2182-30302025000300207&lng=pt&nrm=iso&tlng=pt Resumen Este artículo reflexiona sobre la importancia de la visión regional, muchas veces minusvalorada, en los megaproyectos. En concreto lo hace a propósito del el megaproyecto del Tren Interurbano México Toluca. A tal objeto, se analiza su planeación a fin de reconocer la presencia o no de la visión regional en su desarrollo. El foco de este trabajo está en la vinculación de la planeación con este tipo de proyectos, así como sus objetivos y procesos, suscribiéndose en la discusión teórica sobre el tema. A través de tres etapas, apoyado del análisis histórico y cartográfico, se aborda la técnica documental, la metodología SALSA y el método de análisis de contenido, esto considerando el marco institucional, la escala de análisis y la estrategia de integración, así como cinco dimensiones y seis categorías mediante las cuales se concluyó que es un megaproyecto infraestructural y no de un enfoque regional.<hr/>Abstract This article reflects on the importance of the regional vision, often undervalued, in megaprojects. Specifically, it does so regarding the megaproject of the Mexico Toluca Interurban Train. For this purpose, its planning is analyzed in order to recognize the presence or not of the regional vision in its development The focus of this work is on the link between planning and this type of projects, as well as its objectives and processes, subscribing to the theoretical discussion on the topic. Through three stages, supported by historical and cartographic analysis, the documentary technique and the SALSA methodology are addressed and the content analysis method, considering the institutional framework, the scale of analysis and the integration strategy, as well as five dimensions and six categories through which it was concluded that it is an infrastructural megaproject and not a regional approach.