Urban partnership operations with Cepac: a part of the constitution of the real estate-financial complex in Brazil?

Abstract

This article provides a critical overview of the literature on the implementation of Urban Partnership Operations (UPOs) with Cepac (additional building right certificate) in Brazil, based on a theoretical approach inspired by debates on spatial financialization, in articulation with the state spatial regimes approach (as discussed by the Anglo-Saxon Regulation School). The methodology was based on a search and selection of papers that address UPO experiences. The papers were analyzed from central issues related to the theoretical debates discussed, namely: What are the main articulations among financial market agents, real estate market agents and the State? What are their strategies (material and discursive)? How have struggles over UPOs contributed to shaping the State? What are the main socio-spatial contradictions that have been promoted?