SEGREGAÇÃO DO ESPAÇO URBANO E LUTAS POR MORADIA: UM OLHAR SOBRE A VILA CORONEL COSME EM GOIÂNIA-GO

Abstract

In the middle of the twentieth century, Latin American countries, impacted by an industrial expansionism engendered by the strategies of capital, began to suffer the consequences of rural exodus, accelerated urbanization and suburbanization. Goiânia, a planned city marked by urban segregation, could not avoid this situation, above all in view of the disorganized growth of its space. This dissertation is about the problems caused by the contradictions of urbanization and segregation in the city of Goiânia. The object is to reflect on questions related to the squatters in Vila Coronel Cosme, who have been struggling for the right to remain in the area, for reurbanization and for decent housing. To do this, the dissertation begins with the popular mobilizations for social rights in the 1980s. Both theoretical and empirical, the methodology used in writing this dissertation is based on research on the topic, like the projects and reports of the Human Rights Project (PDH/PUC Goiás), from the social services department, articles, theses, dissertations and, above all, oral testimony extracted from the final course paper in social work and field reports by the researcher, from the middle of 2003 to 2005, presenting new revised and updated information on the topic. In this paper, it is also hoped that this information may help to bring to light the conditions imposed on the residents of Vila Coronel Cosme by government, such as social discrimination, psychological pressure, eviction threats, with psychological, physical, moral and material damage.