URBAN INSECURITY, FRAGMENTATION AND FORTIFIED ENCLAVES IN THE FORTALEZA METROPOLITAN REGION

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https://doi.org/10.4215/rm2022.e21029ii

Abstract

The increase in the feeling of urban insecurity has justified the self-segregation of the middle- and high-income layers of society to fortified enclaves in the Fortaleza Metropolitan Region (RMF). The main objective of this paper is to analyze the fragmentation in stretches/sectors with the highest concentration of “private condominiums” and to evaluate the impacts resulting from the expansion of fragmenting enterprises in the socio-spatial fabric. Therefore, the study indicates a change from the model of dual segregation (center-periphery) towards the pattern of socio-spatial fragmentation that has been developing, primarily, in a small area of the eastern sector (neighborhood of Lourdes), in the southeast sector and parts of the sector south and specific stretches of the municipalities of Eusébio and Aquiraz. 

 

Keywords: Urban Insecurity, Self-segregation, Restructuring of urban space, Socio-spatial fragmentation, Typology of fortified enclaves.



Author Biographies

  • Fabiano Lucas da Silva Freitas, Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza (CE), Brazil

    Ph.D. in Geography from the Federal University of Ceará. Graduated in Geography (teaching degree) from the Federal University of Ceará. Researcher at the Fortaleza Center of the Observatório das Metrópoles Research Network (INCT/CNPq) and professor in the Municipality of Fortaleza and the Department of Education of the State of Ceará (SEDUC) 

  • Maria Clelia Lustosa Costa, Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza (CE), Brazil

    Ph.D. in Geography from the Université Sorbonne Nouvelle - Paris 3, Master in Geography from the University of São Paulo, and graduated (bachelor's degree and teaching degree) in Geography from the Federal University of Ceará. Associate Professor of the Department of Geography and the Graduate Program in Geography. from the Federal University of Ceará, Coordinator of the Fortaleza Center of the Observatório das Metrópoles Research Network (INCT/CNPq). 

     

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2023-02-15

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Vol. 21 (2022)

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