A urbanização no sul de Luanda: transformações segregação espacial nos musseques agrícolas

Abstract

From the first decades of the year 2000, Angola saw the first major advances in the recent urbanisation process. The Angolan capital (Luanda) has been the city with the highest concentration of new towns in recent years. With this in mind, the general aim of this research is to analyse the dynamics that have guided part of Luanda's recent urbanisation process. We emphasise the cities of Kilamba and Sequele. We seek to understand how the new cities (re)create transformations and spatial segregation in the agricultural musseques. As specific objectives were to discuss the historical process of Angola; to analyse the process of urbanisation in Angola; to try to understand the discussions around land policies and laws in the country; to discuss the musseques in Angolan reality and the subjects in the agricultural musseques. To this end, the data for this research was collected from different sources: a bibliographical review of the relevant literature; analysis of official documents related to the political planning and urbanisation project in Angola/Luanda; a look at articles in Angola's official newspapers about the musseques; analysis of the speeches of political figures and peasants. It is hoped that the research will contribute to the expansion of data on the understanding, in part, of spatial developments and dynamics, while demanding urban management policies that take into account social demands and local specificities.