Affiliations: Department of Water Resources, School of Civil
Engineering, Architecture, and Urbanism, State University of Campinas,
Campinas, SP, Brazil | FAH - Adventist College of Hortolandia, CES,
Hortolandia, SP, Brazil
Abstract: Urbanism, as an intellectual movement, born from the confrontation
of the urban problems that have gained visibility from the Industrial
Revolution, has had as main object models development, theories and solutions
that would make conceptions of planned cities. In specific moments of this
trajectory, certain characters plan not only to plan a city, but rather a set
of cities, i.e., the region. The works of the planners Ebenezer Howard, Patrick
Geddes and Le Corbusier, along with the 1933 Athens Charter have established
theoretical and conceptual bases for regional planning. Otherwise, in the
epistemology of Milton Santos there is the basis of the contemporary geography
with a rich reflection on the space, the region and man's interaction with his
environment. This article briefly aims to establish a link between these
timeless works and contribute to the discussion on the future of regional planning.
