Processo de verticalização em Campina Grande e a negação da cidade.

Abstract

This paper deals with urban problems related to the verticalization process that affect a large part of urban spaces in the world, and the denial of the city and the emptying of public space the main problems arising from this phenomenon observed in this study. For such literature that is presented in the paper and reflections on them guide us to these initial analyzes. In Campina Grande-PB, the verticalization is observed most significantly in the urban landscape from the early 2000s, and the denial phenomenon of the city presented through a methodology applied in the neighborhood of Catolé, because it's the most vertical neighborhood in the city. The methodology consists in counting the number of people seen in passing continuously and activity on the streets that concentrate vertical buildings over five floors, the methodology has also been applied in the neighborhood José Pinheiro, who has no vertical buildings, but became a reference for comparing the data with those collected in Catolé.