Os processos socioespaciais da zona periférica do centro: um estudo da área central de Uberlândia (MG)

Abstract

The objective of this paper consists on comprehending social and spacial processes concerning Uberlandia's Downtown Suburban Area (Zona Periférica do Centro - ZPC), from the analysis of use and accupancy of the land. To reach this purpose, bibliographic sources about the subject have been consulted, from the classic approaches until the most recent ones. Local newspaper and information from surveying and camp observation has been used as well. As methodological orientation, the base was the studies form Murphy and Vance Jr (1967[1954]), adapted to Uberlandia's specificities. This paper is structured in five chapters. The first is aimed to provide a theoretical and conceptual base to the present subject. The second chapter discusses questions referred to middle cities, specially its urbanistic instruments and urban organization in Uberlandia. The third chapter is reserved to contextualization of the object of this research alongside the development of the city. The fourth chapter is focused on presenting the methodology used in the research and survey. The fifth chapter brings the analysis of the (re)configuration and dynamics of the central area, attention given to the ZPC. With the present paper, it's noticeacle that, due to Uberlandia's characteristics as a middle city, relatively new and in progressive development, its central area, despite a certain "decadence" from the descentralization started on 1980's, remains important to the city, as a whole, as well as this area presents "subespaços", easily found in the reality of the large cities, although with forms, purposes and processes very specific to its realities. Its ZPC is descontinuous, with very particular dynamism, due to the presence of determined typology of commerce and service activities that assure its importance to the combination of the city and region, as well as, its interrelation to the central core. Such as it is, the dynamics of this area is to be reinforced by the emergency of new values and principles that lead to actions of requalification of the central area.