Urban restructuring of Teresina (PI): an analysis of its recent dynamics

Authors

  • Paulo Henrique de Carvalho Bueno Instituto Federal do Piauí - ​Campus Oeiras
  • Antônia Jesuíta de Lima Universidade Federal do Piauí. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Políticas Públicas - UFPI.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5007/1984-8951.2015v16n109p96

Abstract

The object is to discuss about the urban (re)structuring process and its recent dynamics in Teresina (PI), which stimulate the socio-spatial differentiation by region or district of the city. In the scope of this differentiation, the least region is constituted, in terms of non-complementarity and competition with the downtown region, as the most equipped with commercial and services activities, entertainment, inhabitations of greater economic value, what promotes a socio-spatial fragmentation and differentiation in the capital, as well as in the region itself. The analyses of these findings are the result of a literature review and of empiric data about the commercial and service activities that territorialize in the urban space of the capital of the State of Piaui. The study is also complemented by a debate of the new form of inhabit in Teresina, represented by the process of verticalisation and expansion of the horizontal condominiums.

Author Biographies

Paulo Henrique de Carvalho Bueno, Instituto Federal do Piauí - ​Campus Oeiras

Professor de Geografia do IFPI - Campus Oeiras. Dr. em Políticas Públicas - UFPI.

Antônia Jesuíta de Lima, Universidade Federal do Piauí. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Políticas Públicas - UFPI.

Professora-associada do Departamento de Serviço Social da UFPI e do Programa de Políticas Públicas (Mestrado e Doutorado) da UFPI.

Published

2017-04-25

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