Fear, violence and socio-spatial fragmentation in the Metropolitan Region of Fortaleza

Authors

  • Fabiano Lucas da Silva Freitas Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brasil.
  • Maria Clelia Lustosa Costa Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brasil. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5066-4209

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/ag.v15i1.66641

Abstract

The following article aims to analyze the impacts caused by walled and protected residential complexes with security apparatus on the socio-spatial fabric through three analytical aspects (physical-space fragmentation, social fragmentation and socio-territorial fragmentation), identifying also stretches/areas with high concentration of residential enclaves in the Metropolitan Area of Fortaleza – MAF. In regard to methodological procedures, the categories, the different levels of analysis, the scales (time and geographical), the types of impact (variables and representation) and secondary data collection were defined. It is also highlighted the change from the model of center-suburbs segregation to the socio-spatial fragmentation pattern that has been seen in development, currently, in parts of municipalities of Eusébio and Aquiraz as well as on the southeast sector or in specific parts of the city of Fortaleza. Results show that the imposition of physical barriers and the redirect of part of the socio-spatial practices of the economical elites to the walled perimeters of fortified enclaves cause the fragmentation of the urban fabric in a the intra-urban and metropolitan scale.

Keywords: Fragmentation. Urban insecurity. Residential Enclaves.

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Published

2021-10-22

How to Cite

FREITAS , F. L. da S. .; COSTA, M. C. L. Fear, violence and socio-spatial fragmentation in the Metropolitan Region of Fortaleza. Ateliê Geográfico Journal, Goiânia, v. 15, n. 2, p. 27–49, 2021. DOI: 10.5216/ag.v15i1.66641. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/atelie/article/view/66641. Acesso em: 5 jul. 2024.

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