A methodology for urban and regional planning: application in Cachoeira do Sul, Brazil.

We aim to demonstrate the methodology used in the critical analysis of the municipality of Cachoeira do Sul (state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil), which had its Master Plan recently revised and approved, verifying the urban practices implemented until then in the city. For the application of the methodology, data surveys, studies and mappings were carried out with systematization of a geographic database in a GIS environment, as well as on-site technical visits and application of questionnaires to apprehend the opinion of the population on important subjects in the development of the municipality, consolidating the technical and community readings of the territory. From these data, always guided by group discussions, we developed diagnosis, prognosis, scenarios, and guidelines, macrozoning and intervention proposals, filling gaps in the Master Plan in relation to planning with the landscape, the open space system and the development of the city and the region. Among the developed proposals, those related to urban mobility were highlighted in this article - urban and rural cycle lanes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]