Name: MARCOS CÂNDIDO MENDONÇA
Type: PhD thesis
Publication date: 15/05/2020
Advisor:
Name |
Role |
|---|---|
| CARLOS TEIXEIRA DE CAMPOS JÚNIOR | Advisor * |
Examining board:
| Name |
Role |
|---|---|
| CARLO EUGENIO NOGUEIRA | Internal Examiner * |
| CARLOS TEIXEIRA DE CAMPOS JÚNIOR | Advisor * |
| LUIS CARLOS TOSTA DOS REIS | Internal Examiner * |
| MARTA ZORZAL E SILVA | External Examiner * |
Summary: This study investigates the construction of the city of Guaçuí, located in the Itabapoana
capixaba valley, with regard to housing production and the creation of urban infrastructure,
especially between 1920 and 1960. It refers to the study of the production of urban space from
the private agents of production, personified in the builder, the worker and the landowner. The
analysis was made by the study of the production of urban space as an alternative for capital
appreciation through the construction of the city. This research was based on literature review,
documentary material (government reports, real estate transmissions records, journal
information, among other media) and testimonials obtained from people who were
knowledgeable about local history. The theoretical framework of analysis sought to
apprehend the city (its built space) in interface with the economic structure as urban
conditions necessary for the reproduction of capital. To this end, it was necessary to
understand the economic significance of private land ownership for construction activity and
the role of the city as a regional pole in the productive structure. The conclusion is that capital
originated in the countryside and in commerce found in the construction of the city
alternatives to reproduce itself and thus interfere with the spatial configuration of the city. In
this sense, we investigated the strategies of local capitalists in the creation of urban
infrastructure (electricity, water supply, sewage and garbage collection), hotel activity, urban
land trade, and the production (or control) of rental housing. Examination of theses initiatives
revealed that the construction of the city was dominated by the prospect of capitalization of
income through the appreciation of real estate. This process, by interfering with the way it
was produced, revealed a sample of the effects of capitalist logic on the spatial configuration
of the city through modern elite-built housing, in contrast to working-class rental housing
built by repeating design. As a result of the marketing logic in the citys production, the first
production experiences for the construction market took shape in Guaçuí, which reinforce the
homogenization of the built forms and the social differentiation of spaces.
Keywords: Space production; City building; Income from land; Urban infrastructure; City
and region; Guaçuí-ES; Itabapoana Valley
