Sanitation in Informal Areas with STDM: Challenges and Opportunities for Quality of Life
Palavras-chave:
Urban Land Regularization, Basic Sanitation, Quality of Life, Territorial Management, CTM, STDMResumo
Basic sanitation is a fundamental human right, essential for health, dignity, and quality of life. In Brazil, Law No. 14.026/2020, known as the New Legal Framework for Sanitation, established the goal of universalizing water supply and sewage services by 2033. However, a significant part of the population living in informal urban settlements still faces precarious conditions without access to these services. The Urban Land Regularization Policy (REURB), created by Law No. 13.465/2017, emerges as an instrument to address this situation, but is often reduced to the issuance of land titles, neglecting the basic infrastructure required for adequate living conditions. This paper discusses the challenges and opportunities of integrating REURB and sanitation, based on a literature review, documentary analysis, and case study. The findings show that the effectiveness of land regularization depends on the articulation between titling, sanitation, and integrated territorial management, supported by tools such as the Multipurpose Cadastre (CTM) and the Social Tenure Domain Model (STDM). It concludes that quality of life goes beyond a property document: it requires sanitation as a structural axis of citizenship and social inclusion, in line with the Sustainable Development Goals of the 2030 Agenda.
