Sao Paulo, a fluvial metropolis The Metropolitan Water Ring of Sao Paulo

Abstract

In partnership with State and Federal Agencies in Sao Paulo Brazil, the Fluvial Metropolis Research group at FAU USP developed an integrated Metropolitan Water Ring, the Hidro Anel Metropolitano de Sao Paulo. Partially using existing resources as rivers and reservoirs, it creates a navigable circuit linking the city’s peripheral areas and providing them with an urban and industrial transportation waterway that hosts Eco-ports, Recreational areas, and Flood Protection to the adjoining low income neighborhoods. The article makes the case for the refocusing the urban decisions on the infrastructural aspects and the river patterns.