FROM THE CENTER-PERIPHERY LOGIC TO THE FRAGMENTARY SOCIO-SPATIAL LOGIC IN A MEDIUM SIZED CITY

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4215/rm2021.e20028

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Spatial restructuring;, public power;, socio-spatial fragmentation

Abstract

Through a procedural approach and with the support of empirical elements, this study examines the segmentation dynamics that shape the center-peripheral logic and move towards the delineation of more complex forms of structuring a medium-sized city. The study takes as an analytical framework the role of the municipal government which, in connection with the land-real estate-incorporating capital, reconfigures the urban fabric and favors the emergence of new socio-spatial relationships in the city of Dourados, State of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. To measure this process, in addition to the development of a comprehensive map, the following methodological procedures were adopted: bibliographic survey; information collected on the spot; survey and data collection with the Municipal Agency of Social Interest Housing. Secondary data research was based on multiple demographic censuses, municipal legislation, virtual platforms of real estate developers operating in the city and also the Sistema Integrado de Seleção Habitacional (Integrated Housing Selection System)/Ministry of Regional Development/Minha Casa Minha Vida (My house My Life) social housing program. In Dourados, ongoing dynamics reveal complexity in the arrangement of segregation, and the elements present in them indicate that the conceptual notion of fragmentation is enhanced as an analytical reference. Especially from the year 2000 the arrangement process has been strengthened, causing the deepening of differences and shaping socio-spatial logics that, although occurring first and with greater intensity in large cities, have gained importance in medium-sized cities.

Keywords: Spatial Restructuring; Public Power; Socio-Spatial Fragmentation.
Keywords: Spatial Restructuring; Public Power; Socio-Spatial Fragmentation.

Author Biography

  • Maria Jose Martinelli Silva Calixto, Universidade Federal da Grande Dourados, Dourados (MS), Brasil

    Professora Titular da Universidade Federal da Grande Dourados (UFGD), credenciada no Programa de Pós-Graduação em Geografia - Mestrado e Doutorado - da mesma Instituição. Possui Graduação em Geografia - Licenciatura e Bacharelado - pela Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho - UNESP - Campus de Presidente Prudente, Mestrado e Doutorado pela mesma Instituição. Também possui Pós-doutorado pela Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro - UFRJ (2011) e pela UNESP - Campus de Presidente Prudente (2016). É membro da Rede de Pesquisadores sobre Cidades Médias (ReCiMe), da Rede de Pesquisadores de Pequenas Cidades (Mikripoli) e do Grupo de Pesquisa TERRHA - Grupo de Estudos sobre Território e Reprodução Social. Foi Tutora do Programa de Educação Tutorial - PET, do Curso de Geografia da UFGD, de janeiro de 2009 a julho de 2015. Orienta trabalhos de pesquisa, tendo experiência na área de Geografia Urbana, atuando principalmente nos seguintes temas: espaço urbano e regional, política pública e cidades médias.

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2021-10-27

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Vol. 20 (2021)

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