: Potencialidades e fragilidades na elaboração de um Plano Diretor para municípios de pequeno porte: o caso de Caaporã - PB

Abstract

The Master Plan is the main urban and territorial planning legislation at the municipal level and aims to guide the development of the municipality for a period of ten years. It is required by Law 10.257/2001 – known as the City Statute – for municipalities with more than twenty thousand inhabitants or that are part of a metropolitan region. However, municipalities with up to fifty thousand inhabitants, considered small, face challenges related to technical and financial limitations, lack of technical data and particular territorial dynamics, especially in rural areas, which are more present in such municipalities. Therefore, this study aims to understand the strengths and weaknesses of the process of preparing the Master Plan of Caaporã, a small municipality in Paraíba that is part of the Metropolitan Region of João Pessoa, based on an analysis structured in four analytical categories and based on theoretical references. For this purpose, methods such as bibliographic review, document analysis and semi-structured exploratory interviews of a qualitative nature were used. Finally, based on the findings provided by the analysis, reflections are systematized that contribute to the debate on urban planning in small municipalities, in order to seek ways to improve future experiences.