Centro de Estudos da Metrópole

The work done in 2016 carried out the quantification and estimation of the residents of slums (favelas) and irregular subdivisions of São Paulo from 2000 to 2010 in the Municipality of São Paulo (MSP). The study coordinated for Sehab / PMSP was accomplished in two phases: 1) correctness and repair of existing cartographies of slums and settlements in order to enable the production of statistics (without cadastral purposes) and 2) estimates of households (and people) in favelas and clandestine and irregular settlements of low income (average income of the person responsible for less than 3 minimum wage) and social characterization of the residents and their social conditions. See also reports on Research/Transference Studies.

In February 2003, CEM and the Department of Housing and Urban Development of the São Paulo City Hall launched CD-ROM with the digital Cartographic database of the slums of the Municipality of São Paulo, which is the official registry of favelas in the Municipality. The work is the product of a technology transfer partnership between the two institutions. For more information on slums, see also the articles available in the library of this site.

The archive contains a cartographic consultation system for the slums of the Municipality, analytical text with the methodology used and population estimates and the digital cartographic bases of the favelas of the Municipality.

This database enables the investigation about the dynamics of the commercial real estate production in Sao Paulo´s Metropolitan Region and over the past 28 years. It brings together information about how (in price, size, number of parking spaces) and where (municipality, district, geographic coordinates) the enterprises have been build. It is an excellent resource for researchers in urban policies, especially for those who are dedicated to study the real estateindustry and its regulation by municipalities, appointed as one of the major cause of unplanned growth and spatial segregation in Brazilian cities. This database it is a qualitative improvement and an extension of information on commercial developments in São Paulo and the Metropolitan Region of São Paulo, systematized by Empresa Brasileira de Patrimônio (Embraesp) between 1985 and 2013.

Data on qualitative improvement and expansion of information on residential real estate launches in the Metropolitan Region of São Paulo, systematized by the Brazilian Heritage Company (Embraesp) in the period between 1985 and 2013. The objective is to support geostatistical, urban economy and policy research as part of a broad research project on the governance patterns that permeate the relationship between State and sectors outside the State interested in conducting urban public policies, such as the real estate sector.

Among the improvements made by the CEM team, the bank brings the georeferencing of buildings and houses, the correction and monetary updating, the standardization of the name of the main incorporating companies of each enterprise and several geographic operations that allow the crossing of the information of the launches with data of the companies. Censuses (1991, 2000 and 2010). The variables added to the bank and the method used for the work are indicated in the Variable Dictionary, which accompanies the data set.

This database allows us to advance in the understanding of the dynamics of the residential real estate sector, being able to respond as (in price, size, number of dormitories and parking spaces) and where (by municipality, district, geographic coordinate ) has been offering residential properties in São Paulo and Metropolitan Region over the last 28 years. It is an excellent resource for researchers on urban issues, especially those who study the real estate sector and its regulation by the municipalities, which has been problematized as one of the main causes of disordered growth and spatial segregation in the Brazilian metropolises.