Os “vazios urbanos” no centro histórico de Cajazeiras - PB.

Abstract

This research, carried out in the Tumbled Historic Center from the city of Cajazeiras-PB, it presents a diversified picture of "urban voids", in which stand out situations such as: functional obsolescence of the urban area, ruins, prospecting real estate valuation. The placed problematic refers to the identification and categorization of those "urban voids" in a specific location with real estate valuation processes, considering the situation during the first half of 2017, seeking to discuss the importance of the implementation of public policies to reactivate "Empty" spaces. The work has its basis of research based on urban geography, taking into account the study of the society-space relationship proposed by Milton Santos, and the collection of empirical data through surveys conducted by the Municipality of Cajazeiras, in real estate, as well as research on maps and conducting interviews with brokers and real estate owners. In order to identify and characterize the "urban voids", the field work was carried out in all streets that comprise the research area. As results, we find a considerable range of real estate in the situation of "emptiness", arising from various social and economic processes. Finally, we note that the "urban voids” in research are instruments for systematizing the real estate market, implying that for the city to fulfill its social function, it would be important that there should be constant revisions and inspections of the laws that organize the city, taking into account social property, with the perception that urban property needs to be defined by the public power and not exclusively by capital, also considering the importance of a reformulation or greater malleability in IPHAEP standards, reviewing some criteria, taking into account considering the prospection and the functionality of the urban center and consequently the reduction of the "urban voids" that integrate the current scenario of the important historical center of Cajazeiras-PB.