The demand for tools that assist in dealing with social tensions in the urban space has become increasingly latent whereas the cities figure as the scene of conflicts among a number of social agents, which often leads to remarkable socio-spatial inequalities. In order to understand this relation in the vicinity of Salto Grande reservoir (SP), in an area located in the cities of Americana, Nova Odessa and Paulínia, in Sao Paulo State, this study analyzes the current municipal master plans of these cities, through their institutional aspects and urban zoning policy pre-defined for each city, assessing their coordination and integration conditions, while the hypothesis of establishing an instrument to guide a common area planning. For the development of such proposal, as well as an analytical support, we used geoprocessing techniques in order to handle a geographic database and generate thematic maps. The results indicate the existence of a disarticulation in the zoning guidelines, particularly when evaluated in the regional planning area, which may result in short-term relevant conflicts of use and occupancy of the land around the reservoir.
Municipal Master Plans; urban zoning; conflicts of land use; geoprocessing; Salto Grande reservoir
