The Importance of the Strategic Urban Rehabilitation Plan in the Sustainable Development of the Municipality of Machico

Raul Alves (), Sérgio Lousada, José Cabezas and José Manuel Naranjo Gómez
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Raul Alves: Machico City Council (CMM), Largo do Município Machico, 9200-099 Machico, Portugal
Sérgio Lousada: Department of Civil Engineering and Geology (DECG), Faculty of Exact Sciences and Engineering (FCEE), University of Madeira (UMa), 9000-082 Funchal, Portugal
José Cabezas: VALORIZA—Research Centre for Endogenous Resource Valorization, Polytechnic Institute of Portalegre (IPP), 7300-110 Portalegre, Portugal
José Manuel Naranjo Gómez: CITUR—Madeira—Research Centre for Tourism Development and Innovation, 9000-082 Funchal, Portugal

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 24, 1-34

Abstract: Through the requalification of buildings, the improvement of public spaces and the reorganization of motorized and pedestrian circulation, success is achieved, and thus the trend of decay of the urban fabric is reversed, transforming and returning urban centers to the people. The Strategic Plan for Urban Rehabilitation of Machico is an important document for the sustainable development of the city, which will contribute to social harmony and the improvement of the people’s quality of life, reducing the environmental impact of human mobility, boosting the economy, and creating conditions for the usufruct of the city of Machico in terms of mobility. The current article arises with the main objective of analyzing the Strategic Plan for Urban Rehabilitation of the Municipality (PERU) of Machico, which is an essential tool for the sustainable development of Machico. It is also important to emphasize the dimension of PERU in local economic development, from the perspective of the real estate market and in public investment. The results obtained showed that the Municipality of Machico faces some challenges in the implementation of sustainable urban development programs, due to the recent financial and economic crisis, which could limit the existing funding to fund sustainable urban development programs. It is from this plan, from the solutions determined for the rehabilitation of the public space in terms of security and mobility, based on the urban operations that are being developed, that it will be possible to offer the population a sustainable future.

Keywords: Machico; Porto da Cruz; strategic plan for urban rehabilitation (PERU); sustainability; sustainable urban development; urban rehabilitation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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