O bairro do Varjão (Rangel) - João Pessoa, ontem e hoje: uma análise da desigualdade e segregação socioespacial

Abstract

This article aims to present and analyze the effects of socio-spatial inequality in the current urban space, taking as a parameter the occupation and growth of the neighborhood of Varjão (Rangel) in the city of João Pessoa / PB. The methodology employed in this study will follow an explanatory and descriptive approach, based on dialectics, through bibliographic survey, image collection (via google street view) and finally quantitative and qualitative data collection in the last IBGE census (2010). From this, the theories of socio-spatial segregation and its repercussion in the urban space were analyzed. Based on the results of this research, it has been shown that the scenario that the neighborhood is leading up to today serves as a model for understanding the unequal reality expressed in an accelerated, unequal way, and spreading consolidation of urbanization in the Brazilian territory that is little known. concerned about an adequate land ordering process and a fair housing policy, resulting in various problems for city dwellers, especially the disadvantaged involving the most basic urban functions such as housing, services, leisure, work and their free movement, creating a lack of decent conditions for life, excluding and segregating socially and spatially. The research works with a view to providing better distribution of services and assistance to the families that live there, and thus, better living conditions through the execution of projects that can guarantee not only the quality of life of existing communities, but also guarantee the services and infrastructure. necessary for life maintenance.