CORPORATE URBANISM AND TENSIONS AROUND THE RIGHT TO THE CITY: the Horto Bela Vista enterprise (Salvador/BA)

Corporate production of Brazilian cities takes place under commodification conditions of human space, associated with socio-spatial segregation, real estate speculation, and capture of the collective and public dimension of cities. In response, citizens have mobilized strategies to defend the right to the city, including the legal system. This paper sought to analyze the applicability and effectiveness of law and urban tools in minimizing socio-spatial impacts, using the Horto Bela Vista (HBV) project, at the Cabula neighborhood, Salvador, Bahia, as a case study. Data were collected by means of bibliographical and documental research, particularly on the case at the Public Prosecutor’s Office of the State of Bahia. Results show that, despite of the importance of the reparations and compensations achieved, the tools used present limited effectiveness, and are tensioned both from the perspective of corporate urbanism and the right to the city.