Elementos para refletir sobre a policentralidade e a fragmentação urbana em cidades médias – Resende e Volta Redonda (RJ)

The urban restructuring in Resende and Volta Redonda has led to processes of redefinition of the centrality and alteration of space practices, with the distinguished presence of shopping malls, closed condominiums and walled allotments, configuring them as polycentric and fragmented cities. Based on...

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Main Authors: Eliane Melara, William Ribeiro da Silva
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Published: Confins 2018-12-01
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description The urban restructuring in Resende and Volta Redonda has led to processes of redefinition of the centrality and alteration of space practices, with the distinguished presence of shopping malls, closed condominiums and walled allotments, configuring them as polycentric and fragmented cities. Based on interviews, mappings and secondary sources, we found two distinct patterns in the relation between self-segregation and the new areas of centrality. In Resende, due to its extensive urban territorial dimension and population size reduced, there is a separation of the location area of Shopping mall - a new area of centrality - in relation to the location of the elitist closed allotments and condominiums, while in Volta Redonda, as it has a more complex pattern of urban structure, an overlap of the new centrality with the location of the walled allotments and closed condominiums is identified, a fact that evidences a clear process of fragmentation of the urban fabric.
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spelling doaj-art-9b0c5e15696942a4bee092dc1410f4942025-01-13T15:56:15ZengConfinsConfins1958-92122018-12-013810.4000/confins.16121Elementos para refletir sobre a policentralidade e a fragmentação urbana em cidades médias – Resende e Volta Redonda (RJ)Eliane MelaraWilliam Ribeiro da SilvaThe urban restructuring in Resende and Volta Redonda has led to processes of redefinition of the centrality and alteration of space practices, with the distinguished presence of shopping malls, closed condominiums and walled allotments, configuring them as polycentric and fragmented cities. Based on interviews, mappings and secondary sources, we found two distinct patterns in the relation between self-segregation and the new areas of centrality. In Resende, due to its extensive urban territorial dimension and population size reduced, there is a separation of the location area of Shopping mall - a new area of centrality - in relation to the location of the elitist closed allotments and condominiums, while in Volta Redonda, as it has a more complex pattern of urban structure, an overlap of the new centrality with the location of the walled allotments and closed condominiums is identified, a fact that evidences a clear process of fragmentation of the urban fabric.https://journals.openedition.org/confins/16121ResendeVolta Redondaintermediary citiespolicentralityself-segregation
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Elementos para refletir sobre a policentralidade e a fragmentação urbana em cidades médias – Resende e Volta Redonda (RJ)
Confins
Resende
Volta Redonda
intermediary cities
policentrality
self-segregation
title Elementos para refletir sobre a policentralidade e a fragmentação urbana em cidades médias – Resende e Volta Redonda (RJ)
title_full Elementos para refletir sobre a policentralidade e a fragmentação urbana em cidades médias – Resende e Volta Redonda (RJ)
title_fullStr Elementos para refletir sobre a policentralidade e a fragmentação urbana em cidades médias – Resende e Volta Redonda (RJ)
title_full_unstemmed Elementos para refletir sobre a policentralidade e a fragmentação urbana em cidades médias – Resende e Volta Redonda (RJ)
title_short Elementos para refletir sobre a policentralidade e a fragmentação urbana em cidades médias – Resende e Volta Redonda (RJ)
title_sort elementos para refletir sobre a policentralidade e a fragmentacao urbana em cidades medias resende e volta redonda rj
topic Resende
Volta Redonda
intermediary cities
policentrality
self-segregation
url https://journals.openedition.org/confins/16121
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