Urban Planning and the Statute of Cities: The Institutionalization of Municipal Councils of Urban Policy in Brazil

Abstract

The aim of the paper was to relate the issue of the Estatuto das Cidades in 2001 and the institutionalization of the municipal councils of urban policy in Brazil. The theoretical framework used in the urban question issue Castells, Lefèbvre and Souza, and concerning societal management used Paes de Paula and Drumond; Silveira; Silva. The research used data provided by the