Preventive Resettlement of Populations at Risk of Disaster - GFDRR

services and the number of families eligible for this option.
It also helped prepare the population for the subsequent
phases and their new habitat.
In addition, a socio-economic study was conducted in
1994 by the Research Institute Foundation of the Economic
and Administrative Sciences Faculty of the University
of São Paulo, which focused on the: (a) number
of families to be resettled; (b) composition of each
family—number of individuals, age ranges, and school
needs; (c) families’ capacity to pay; (d) place of employment,
time needed to get to work; (e) socio-cultural ties,
length of residence in the favela, participation in community
activities; and (f) aspirations with respect to the
resettlement options.
The social management team held periodic meetings
with the communities, their representatives and local
organizations to report on the program’s progress and
prepare for the move. Families were taken to visit the
housing complexes to ensure they were familiar with
their future homes and characteristics of the new neighborhoods.
They were also trained in meeting their postresettlement
obligations.
During the meetings, consensus was reached on: (a)
moving schedules (that took into account school attendance);
(b) criteria for allotting the housing units so as
to reconstitute neighborhoods; (c) rights and duties associated
with being home owners; (d) families’ financing
arrangements, monthly quota amounts, terms, and conditions
of access to subsidies for specific time periods;
(e) the need for community organization and associated
costs; (f) upkeep of the apartments and associated costs;
(g) use and maintenance of collective community facilities;
(h) use and costs of public utilities (drinking water,
wastewater, and electricity).
7. Budget and Resettlement
Costs
PROCAV II cost US$627 million, US$325 million of
which was covered by the São Paulo City Council. The
remaining US$302 million was in the form of a loan
from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB):
US$54 million was earmarked for the works and activities
of the overall resettlement plan (see Table 4.6).
Studies and project preparation were 3 percent of the
total cost of the housing complexes. Basic infrastructure,
including electricity, sewage systems, and potable
water networks, roads, paving and public lighting, were
estimated to be 10 percent of the total cost. The cost of
building schools and health centers was US$3,276,200.
The total cost did not include the value of the land on
which the housing was built, which was provided by the
municipality (See Table 4.6).
Table 4.6. Overall Plan for Resettlement in Housing
Complexes – Budget us$
Each family was allotted US$200 for its move, for transportation,
logistical support, and food. The total for
these activities was US$775,000.
According to data from the PROCAV Management
Unit and the Housing Secretariat, the unit cost for each
apartment was US$9,725.
The cost of the favelas’ urban development was
US$2,772,022: 634 houses were built, with each at approximately
US$4,372.
8. Outcomes
Municipality
Studies and plans 1,384,974
Infrastructure 4,616,580
Homes 37,694,100
IDB
Shared facilities 3,276,400
Resettlement 775,000
Urbanization of favelas 2,772,022
Management team 1,173,028
Support team 2,083,309
Evaluation 76,000
Institution building 1,000,000
Subtotal 50,575,013 4,276,400
Total 54,851,413
Source: GEPROCAV and SEHAB archives
The stream canalization program (PROCAV) achieved
its goal of improving the living and health conditions
of those in the low-lying areas of the most critical subbasins
in São Paulo. Almost all the objectives estab-
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