THE SOCIOESPACIAL FRAGMENTATION IN UBERABA-MG: A PRELIMINARY DISCUSSION FROM THE RESTRUCTURING OF THE CITY

Abstract

The dynamics of the agents of urban space, whose interests, induce ruptures and changes inside and outside the cities, have undergone profound changes over the past few decades, expanding their roles in national/regional context and, at the same time, refl ecting on each use, portion or fragment. This article focuses on analyzing two of urban dynamics, territorial expansion discontinuous urban fabric that makes accompanied by multiplying and segmentation of the lots and condominiums that are deployed within the urbanized area (socio-spatial segregation) and, the redefi nition of the pair “Centerperiphery”, through, in particular, the formation of new urban centres in neighborhoods outside of the Main Centre. Second Sposito (2013) the intensifi cation and coordination, in a relationship, between these dynamics, have as a result the socio-spatial fragmentation of urban space, noted in metropolitan areas and some medium-sized cities. In this context the city of Uberaba-MG, as a mid-sized city that off ers us a vast fi eld to be parsed, the particularities of the intense economic development whereby the city passed in the last two decades, stressed the urban dynamics focused for this job. From these considerations, this article aims to analyse recent transformations linked to the expansion and restructuring of the city of Uberaba-MG, which redefi ne the Center-periphery relationship and makes the more diff use urban fabric, which could indicate a tendency for socio-spatial fragmentation, as in metropolitan spaces and other medium-sized cities.