Cidade e ferrovia: uma percepção contemporânea sobre Juiz de Fora-MG

Abstract

This monograph aims to discuss the interference of the railway line in Juiz de Fora’s (MG) urbanized territory, an aspect that falls on the beginning of the early municipality's occupations. Over time, cities have been designed under different perspectives, prioritizing various aspects in different times and in different time frames. From the moment the industrialization processes began to generate new opportunities in major urbanized centers, a new social structure emerged, forming an "urban society". It is from this moment on, that you notice a gradual loss of cities social functions in favor of increasing their economic development. The focus of this monograph is to analyze how social relations build and modify the urban landscape, from the understanding of the city as a projection of society in space. What is evident in these studies is not only the need to improve the urban infrastructure of Juiz de Fora, but also the perception that mobility is an essential factor in understanding the complexity of contemporary spaces, as well as its use, its ownership and its semantic identity. These issues highlight the need to think about the improvement of the public transportation as a possibility to reduce the chaos of the urban flows in the city. PRANCHA RESUMO - Cidade e ferrovia: os conflitos ferroviários urbanos e a fragmentação do território