Planejamento urbano dos estabelecimentos assistenciais de saúde pública através da acessibilidade e mobilidade urbana : estudos da configuração espacial de Santa Cruz do Sul, cidade pólo-regional Sul-Rio-Grandense.

Abstract

The scope of this research, in the light of scientific knowledge, tackled the problematization of an issue that is fundamental to towns, namely: the relation of the health risk areas with urban accessibility and mobility, in terms of planning and management of Public Health Assistance Facilities – EASPs - in towns. Information obtained included the main conditioners which, individually and jointly, have an influence on the formation of health risk areas, on the risk society itself, as well as the movement of people to the EASPs and, particularly, establish parameters applicable to other situations and case studies. The research had as its specific scope a study of the morphology of the town of Santa Cruz do Sul, through an analysis of its spatial configuration, checking the levels of accessibility of the spatial EASPs existing in the urban system. The Space Syntax as a theoretical and methodological reference, along with the application of semi-structured interviews, was the method that made it possible to understand, both quantitatively and qualitatively, the logic of the socio-spatial organization of the areas posing health risks in the town urban zone. Based on the results, it was possible to conclude that the diversity of medical specialties and activities available at the EASPs, linked to urban syntactic accessibility and mobility, play a decisive role in the search of quality public health within the urban structure of the regional hub towns.