O fenômeno do espraiamento urbano e seus impactos na acessibilidade ao trabalho em Fortaleza

Abstract

Urban sprawl is a phenomenon common to many Brazilian metropolises. The high-income population leads a process of socio-spatial self-segregation which, together with the peripherization of low-income populations, has contributed to aggravate the problem of inequalities in accessibility to urban activities. This paper tried to investigate the phenomenon of residential sprawl and its negative impacts on accessibility to job opportunities in Fortaleza. For that, it was proposed a conceptual representation of such problems and their characterization based on the definition and spatial distribution of aggregated indicators of land use and accessibility to jobs. The results show different decentralization processes by income group, with unequal and inequitable distributions of access to job opportunities, configuring Fortaleza as a production of two very distinct and segregated cities, one belonging to the rich and the other to the poor.