URBAN STRUCTURING AND HOUSING ISSUES IN AGRIBUSINESS CITIES

• Main Authors: Renato Pequeno, Denise Elias
• Format: Article
• Language: Portuguese
• Published: Universidade Federal da Bahia 2020-06-01
• Series: GeoTextos
• Subjects: cidade do agronegócio; estrutura urbana; desigualdades socioespaciais; moradia / agribusiness cities; urban structure; socio-spatial inequalities; housing
• Online Access: https://periodicos.ufba.br/index.php/geotextos/article/view/37591

Cities that polarize productive regions associated with agribusiness have gained prominence in Brazil’s urban network in the past three decades. The main objective of this article is to present some agribusiness cities, relating both its urban structuring and the socio-spatial dynamics, focusing on housing conditions. We defend four theses: first, globalized agribusiness worsens Brazil’s historic socio-spatial inequalities; second, agribusiness productive consumption and agro-industrial facilities are crucial for urban structuring in agribusiness cities; third, housing is a key variable for socio-spatial inequalities studies about urban space; forth, locational conditions of Minha Casa Minha Vida Program (PMCMV) social housing projects are a strong evidence of dissociation between public housing and urban policies. Our analysis object is a group of agribusiness cities spread over five Brazilian regions. The article has three leading questions: which elements stand out from urban structuring in those cities? How does housing take place by considering different space production agents? How have urban and housing policies been led in the past two decades? Then we develop our argumentation to support our theses.