Grandes Projetos Urbanísticos e Governança Urbana: análise do Programa Lagoas do Norte (PLN), em Teresina-PI.

This article analyzes the governance pattern that guides a great urban project in Teresina-PI, Projeto Lagoas do Norte (PLN). It is supported by documentary data (from the Prefecture of Teresina and the project funding agency, BIRD) and a discussion about urban governance. The study verified that the decision-making processes that consolidated a structuring of the intervention were relatively closed, restricted to the municipal government and BIRD. It also verified that the character of the instances and mechanisms of the program coordination approximates a managerial standard with social participation, with a collaborative profile, targeted to effectiveness, support and legitimization of the intervention. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]