A PRODUÇÃO DO ESPAÇO URBANO DE CUIABÁ, MATO GROSSO (1920-2016)

Abstract

Contemporary cities correspond to spaces expanded and modified by the capitalist phenomenon that impresses, in the city, forms of appropriation and domination, which in practice make the urban soil a commodity. In this sense the purchasing power defines to which space each economic social group must occupy and to live the city. Based on urban studies, with theoretical-methodological discussions about the formation of the Brazilian urban space, this Master's Dissertation in Development and Territorial Planning proposes a discussion about the production process of the urban space of the city of Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, in the period of 1920 -2016. The discussion begins with a theoretical framework on the formation of the urban and the production of the illegal Brazilian city through a bibliographical review. Following is a brief historical rescue of the process of occupation and expansion of the city between 1920 and 2016 with presentation of demographic data, statistics, photographs and maps that demonstrate the expansion of this urban fabric. Finally, we analyze the current configuration of the city of Cuiabá, legally produced by the instruction of urban standards and illegally by phenomena of occupation and appropriation of peripheral spaces. These two spaces were analyzed in detail, with Bairro Goibeiras being selected as representative of the Legal City and Jardim Alvorada neighborhood as representative of the Illegal City.