O processo de expansão urbana no bairro Luiz Ferreira- Ipaumirim- CE.

Abstract

In the second half of the twentieth century there was an intense and rapid process of space expansion. Brazilian urban area, causing major changes in the social and spatial organization of cities. Brazilian cities were growing without adequate urban planning, expanded their neighborhoods irregularly. The Luiz Ferreira neighborhood, located in the city of Ipaumirim-CE, is a clear example of this action, as it grew without any previous study of its location, without planning or regularization, causing several impacts socio-spatial. Thinking about this question, the objective of this paper is to analyze the factors responsible for the urban expansion of the Luiz Ferreira neighborhood, located in Ipaumirim-CE. The methodology used in the construction of this work starts from an approach exploratory and descriptive qualitative-quantitative approach based on the field study and application of a questionnaire to the residents of the above neighborhood. Through the analysis of the research results it was possible to identify that the main factors responsible for the process of expansion of the neighborhood under study in the last two decades has been field / city and the price of the land. Since not having gone through a project of allotment the urban expansion of the aforementioned neighborhood occurs spontaneously and consequently disordered.