Governança colaborativa nas Américas: uma análise da governança metropolitana a partir dos exemplos de Vancouver (Canadá), Guadalajara (México), e Natal (Brasil)

Abstract

This thesis aims to investigate political conditions that may facilitate or hinder the collaborative metropolitan governance from three metropolitan areas, based on design features, implementation and management: Vancouver (Canada), Guadalajara (Mexico) and Natal (Brazil). Although different in their particular realities, these regions have experienced common metropolitan challenges with regard to the rapid population growth in the metropolitan area and increased demand for public services, urban mobility, threat to natural resources and the environment, coordination challenges and articulation of the metropolitan region to the federal level and the urban governance required for the sustainable development from territory. The Metro Vancouver, in British Columbia, Canada, considered the most successful model of collaborative federation in conjunction and cooperation of local governments at the regional level and control of resources and provision of public services has shown progress in refers to the process of decision-making guided by consensus, especially on water governance. The recent debate on collaborative governance as an array of government that demand collective decisions guided by consensus allowing the strengthening of the institutional capacity of governments is used as a theoretical reference. The concept of collaborative governance is also associated with inclusive and consensual democratic governance towards engagement of the private and non-governmental actors in decision-making guided by consensus.