TY - JFULL AU - Alessandra Battisti and Silvia Cimini PY - 2013/8/ TI - Operative Public Space for Rural Brazil Strategies for Starting Up Economic, Social and Environmental Development of Rural Communities in Emerging Countries: The Goiabeira Case T2 - International Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences SP - 2058 EP - 2067 VL - 7 SN - 1307-6892 UR - https://publications.waset.org/pdf/16454 PU - World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology NX - Open Science Index 79, 2013 N2 - This article stands in the context of rural communities in Brazil, where, like many others emerging countries, the overwhelming increasing markets and the overcrowded cities are leaving behind informal settlements based on obsolete agricultural economies and techniques. The pilot project for the community of Goiabeira reflects the attempt to imagine a development model that privileges the actual improvement of living conditions, the education and training, the social inclusion and participation of the dwellers of rural communities. Through the inclusion of operative public space, the aim is for them to become self-sustaining, encouraging the use of local resources for appropriate architectural, ecological and energy technologies and devices, that are efficient, affordable and foster community participation, in the respect of the surrounding environment. ER -