A função social do patrimônio da união no processo de desenvolvimento urbano de Maceió

Abstract

The social function of property and the right to sustainable cities are constitutional precepts, inserted in the Constitution as a result of the struggle of social movements that were concerned about the urban crisis in the 1970s. The main function of public buildings is to meet the demands of society. This dissertation aimed to investigate whether the federal public buildings located in Administrative Region 2, in Maceió, fulfilled their social function, in the light of the guidelines proposed by the Master Plan. As methodological procedures, bibliographic research, documentary survey, quantitative data analysis and maps were used, as well as federal and municipal legislation on urban policy and the management of the Union's patrimony. It was found that: the philosophical discussion about the right to the city was inserted in a more pragmatic way in the Brazilian Constitution as the right to a sustainable city, referring to the full exercise of social rights by citizens in the urban space; that the social function of property should be applied to the public patrimony, to be used as an instrument to implement policies to promote citizenship; that this role has been fulfilled in Maceió, although partially, since a representative part of the Union's property in Maceió is destined through a precarious administrative instrument, resulting in the legal insecurity of the property; and that the social function of the property and the right to a sustainable city are not yet effective in Maceió.