Density and Urban Evolution as a Sustainable Urban Planning Tools:

he Case in Primavera do Leste - MT, Brazil

Abstract

Faced by a scenario of climate changes, accelerated urbanization and increase of people living in cities, the world is now between discussions about how reverse or mitigate the impacts arising of the urban center’s development, enhanced by urban sprawl. Despite the fact of large cities normally being focus of serious and advanced problems, some of the small and medium-sized developing cities exhibit similar growth processes, in addition to considerable rates of urban and economic expansion. The proposal is to discuss ways to contribute to the development and growth of these cities through measures aimed at urban sustainability. This work aims to discuss how population density can be used as a tool in sustainable urban design, in a case study in Primavera do Leste, MT. Through satellite images, the analysis of the increase in the urban area was used as a method, as well as the characterization of the general urban morphology adopted to identify the city’s density distribution. This context made it possible to understand the dynamics that oppose sustainable planning, but which contribute to the design of future scenarios, which makes clear the need to discuss new ways of planning and living the urban space.