Participation and development: a study in irregular occupations along the Mimbi River – Foz do Igussu/Parana

Abstract

The present work aims to investigate how the population local government mobilizes in favor of its rights, so that it can then suggest the implementation of public policies aimed at solving existing problems of irregular occupations Jardim Sao Paulo, Jardim Sao Luiz and Jardim Guarapuava, located along the Mimbi River in the municipality of Foz do Iguassu, Parana. The irregular area is constituted in general of a population with low income, low education, and the place is lacking in public services, where the community has difficult access to rights such as basic sanitation, which generates other problems that involve public health. This is a theoretical review through qualitative research on public policies, urban planning and social mobilization. The choice of this theme was due to its high importance in the social sphere, since government officials and the population must relate in order to favor the development of public policies that ensure the right to decent housing for all, through strategies that involve effective urban planning. This study analyzed articles and books that address public policies, urban planning and that portray the influence of social mobilizations, as they have been behaving so that the rights of the most needy classes are guaranteed, especially with regard to housing, health and education.