Convergências contemporâneas nas cidades tombadas: a ascensão turística e o tráfego na cidade de Tiradentes-MG

Abstract

In Consequence of the rise tourism, in recent decades the historic cities have undergone major transformations in its aspects economic, social and environmental.Changes in organizational structures urban, physical of the historic site and political of the municipal administration, generating concerns about the preservation of historical heritage.The tourist activity in these cities can generate excess demand and cause structural changes in the county.The main objective of this study therefore is to analyze and understand the impacts generated by the growing number of people and vehicles on the urban structure of the city of Tiradentes-MG.As a secondary objective, seeks to understand the appropriation of tourism in historics cities, making an analogy with Tiradentes and diagnose the reality of the city in relation to its general infrastructure and its management institutional, operating in the municipality.The research method is based on three steps, namely: literature review, or oral information in institutional bodies, urban analysis in loco, diagnosing the structure and functioning of the city, and traffic survey, with the count volumetric of vehicles and the count of occupation of vehicles.From the information collected in the survey, together with the literature review, this study presents guidelines for planning and projects related to traffic, in an attempt to minimize damage to the cultural heritage of the city.The issues raised sought to focus on colonial conjuncture protected so as to emphasize the elements that involve and threaten the heritage, not only in its physical form, in the other words, environmental, but also social and economic.