SOCIAL DIVISION OF SPACE AND SOCIO-SPATIAL FRAGMENTATION

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https://doi.org/10.4215/rm2022.e21015

Abstract

This paper addresses the production of urban space in Mossoró, in Rio Grande do Norte State, through an analysis that articulates the social division of space and socio-spatial fragmentation. The hypothesis is that, in the context of contemporary urbanization, the fragmentary urban logic plays a significant role in structuring and restructuring urban spaces. The center-periphery contradiction is redefined, associated with the production of new spaces for consumption and the profusion of popular housing forms and closed residential spaces. For this, the mapping and cross-referencing data from these same spaces, the forms of habitation and, consequently, interviews with inhabitants, were fundamental for the analysis So, this article highlights the study of socio-spatial fragmentation as an expressive possibility to understand contemporary Brazilian urbanization. It concludes on spatial practices and the appropriation of space as a fundamental element to understand the fragmentation process in Brazilian medium-sized cities.

Keywords: Sociospatial Fragmentation, Urban Centrality, Social and Territorial Division of Labour, Mossoró, Brazil.

Author Biographies

  • Vanessa Moura de Lacerda Teixiera, Université Jean-Moulin Lyon 3, Lyon, France

    PhD in Geography and Planning from Université Jean-Moulin Lyon 3 (2016), graduated in Architecture and Urbanism from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (2004), Master in Urban Studies in Mediterranean Regions - EURMed, Université Aix-Marseille III and Universidade Técnica de Lisboa (2010) and a Master's degree in Geography from the Fluminense Federal University (2006). She has experience in environmental and territorial planning, working mainly on the following topics: environment and city, landscape, urban and environmental sustainability, urban and regional planning. She carried out several teaching and research activities in Brazil and France associated with related topics. She carried out individual research on the Lakes Region with the scientific support of the Laboratory Environnement, Ville et Société (EVS) of the Mixed Research Unit UMR 5600 of the Université de Lyon for participation in academic events and publication of articles. She has taught Geographical Information System-GIS (QGIS), Architecture, Urbanism, Development and Habitat modules at technical schools in the city of Lyon for Brevet Technicien Supérieur candidates. He is currently carrying out a post-doctorate at the Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia de Presidente Prudente/FCT/UNESP, Gasperr/Redes de Cidades Médios RECIME, in the FragUrb project: "Social-spatial fragmentation and Brazilian urbanization: scales, vectors, rhythms and forms. The research deals with "Medium cities, center and centrality and their implications in the fragmented socio-spatial logic in different socio-spatial formations: Maringá, Dourados, Ituiutaba, Mossoró and Presidente Prudente.

  • Cláudio Smalley Soares Pereira, University of Pernambuco, Recife (PE), Brazil

    Master, doctor and post-doctor in Geography from the São Paulo State University (UNESP), Presidente Prudente campus; Adjunct Professor of the College of Geography at the University of Pernambuco (UPE), Petrolina campus

  • Cleiton Ferreira da Silva, Federal University of Pernambuco, Petrolina (PE), Brazil.

    PhD in Geography from the Federal University of Pernambuco (2017). He is currently a Postdoctoral fellow at UNESP (Presidente Prudente) in the thematic project 'Sociospatial fragmentation and Brazilian urbanization: scales, vectors, rhythms and forms (FragUrb)', he also develops research in the following areas: Territory, Public Policies, Sociospatial Fragmentation, Movements Urban Social and Urban Entrepreneurship.

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2022-11-07

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Vol. 21 (2022)

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