Abstract
Estudos sobre cinturas periféricas urbanas se multiplicaram nos últimos anos, demonstrando a validade desse conceito morfológico em diversas regiões do mundo. No entanto, houve poucas tentativas diretas de avaliação comparativa do desempenho do conceito nos diferentes contextos culturais em que foi aplicado. Este artigo busca contribuir para esse objetivo, examinando a estrutura de cinturas periféricas de diversas cidades, derivadas de tradições culturais urbanas contrastantes na Europa e no Novo Mundo. Não surpreendentemente, surgem certos pontos em comum, mas também há grandes diferenças no número, escala, complexidade e até mesmo na geometria básica das cinturas periféricas, evidentes nesta análise eclética. Essas diferenças vão muito além de simples explicações sobre as circunstâncias do local, dimensão e função da cidade dentro da hierarquia urbana, e resultam de contrastes essenciais nos valores sociais urbanos, regras de propriedade e tradições de planejamento. A análise leva a especulações sobre a eficácia e os limites do conceito de cinturas periféricas para identificar e explicar as variações morfológicas em áreas urbanas com diversos contextos culturais.
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