Português

Abstract

The urban form, designed over the years by the dynamics of the urban economy and public policies, has a significant impact on the mobility of people, goods and information, influencing the quality of life. The work analyzes urbanization and urban restructuring on the impact of mobility in the cities of Campina Grande, (Brazil) and Coimbra (Portugal), addressing the historical processes of urbanization, highlighting real estate speculation and land subdivision. The analysis includes urban transformations that have occurred, common characteristics of the processes and differentials of accommodation of the tensions formed with the respective restructurings. This is a bibliographic review work on urban restructuring in Campina Grande and Coimbra. As a result, it is observed that cities depend heavily on public transport by buses, which has faced a drop in the quality and quantity of service. The mobility crisis is exacerbated by the incentive to self-mobility. Coimbra, on the other hand, has undergone several urban reforms over the centuries, including the construction of peripheral neighborhoods and the restructuring of the upper city for the implementation of the university pole. The public transport system is more efficient, with price discrimination and information dissemination policy, but both cities need a more sustainable mobility system, with more users