From the wharf to the city and to the city to the wharf, the revitalizations of the waterfront and the rescue of the memory in the city-port

Abstract

This article proposes to bring to discussion, from the theory and bibliographical revision, the implications promoted by the processes of port revitalization in the cities that have their old ruined areas, deactivated and / or underutilized. Nowadays, the processes of retaking these spaces are popular and, in addiction, represent a potential exponent of uses, whether for leisure or economic development, as tourism. In this conditions, the wharf areas and historical centers are the target of urban policies, that mainly emphasizes culture, history and the memory of urban formation as amenities. Therefore, this article brings to analyze the processes, functions, and forms reflected in contemporary urban structures and in the processes of rise and decline, from the uses of urban spaces fragments.