Cidades médias e crise urbana: um estudo a partir do crescimento dos aglomerados de exclusão em Juiz de Fora

Abstract

The main objective of this dissertation is to analyze the growth of the exclusion areas in Juiz de Fora / MG, also denominated, for planning purposes, as Areas of Special Social Interest – “Áreas de Especial Interesse Social (AEIS)”. In this sense, this study combined the analysis of statistical and cartographic data about the AEIS with a comprehensive assessment about the current model of urban planning and management adopted by the municipal government. Considering the concepts of deterritorialization and agglomerates of exclusion, we tried to understand and comprehend the impoverished individuals, excluded from the legal forms of land ownership in the contemporary capitalist city, identifying who they are and where they live. Additionally, we worked with the perspective that the urban face of the current general crises of the capitalism is reflected in the urban territory through the marked proliferation of those agglomerates of exclusion, indicating a scenario of urban crisis.