A utilização de um índice de completude na avaliação de impacto para projetos de ruas completas

Abstract

This research seeks to investigate the concept of Complete Streets and, more specifically, seeks to understand how this concept and its impacts on street design and planning can be measured through an objectively measurable approach. In this context, this explorative research proposes the development and application of an index to assess the completeness of these urban spaces, which will contribute to the analysis and proposition of streets within this logic. The concept of Complete Streets, in summary, advocates the organization of a street space in a safer and more accessible way, encouraging a variety of modes and active mobility, aiming to strengthen the local identity. Thus, the development of the research was based on (i) a review of the concept of Complete Streets; (ii) review of antecedent evaluation methods and indicators for projects with this approach; (iii) elaboration of an index to measure the completeness of the streets; and finally, (iv) application, verification and analysis of the proposed index. It is concluded from the study developed that Complete Streets is a recent approach and little explored in the academic field, especially in the national context. In this way, instruments that come to evaluate Complete Streets projects tend to encourage their implementation, their research and their exploration. This dissertation, therefore, intends to contribute to the discussion on the theme and to promote quantitative approaches to assessment for urban planning, which more specifically consider the scale and vocation of a street, and which can assist in the development of more sustainable and equitable cities.