Areia Branca : espacialidades e interações na rede urbana de Sergipe

• Ano de defesa: 2011
• Autor(a) principal: Santiago, Márcia Maria Santos
• Orientador(a): França, Vera Lúcia Alves
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Federal de Sergipe
• Programa de Pós-Graduação: Pós-Graduação em Geografia
• País: BR
• Palavras-chave em Português: Rede urbana; Interação intra-regional; Análise regional
• Palavras-chave em Inglês: Urban network; Intraregional interaction; Regional analysis
• Área do conhecimento CNPq: CNPQ::CIENCIAS HUMANAS::GEOGRAFIA
• Link de acesso: https://ri.ufs.br/handle/riufs/5621

The dynamic of urban space is a result of the interdependence within and among cities, which relate through the actions and interactions of different modeling agents of space. Within this dialectical logic, simultaneously articulated and fragmented, all cities are in the urban network and they have distinct functions which are essential for the production and reproduction of the network. Taking this into consideration to understand this intraregional interaction of Areia Branca, this paper aims to analyze the inclusion of Areia Branca in the set of flows and networks of Sergipe. First, it was necessary to analyze these regional relations between the city of Itabaiana, a large trade center, and Aracaju, the capital city, which influences the entire state. For that, it was made an intensive literature research with emphasis on urban issues with a regional perspective. In addition, it was necessary to collect secondary data from municipal public agencies and IBGE(Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics), through questionnaires and interviews to help understand the socioeconomic and spatial relations of Areia Branca. After that, the data were tabulated, analyzed and related to the theory in question, in order to support the explanation of the interurban dynamic of Areia Branca at a regional level. The differentiating elements that define the position of cities in this network are the level of relations and the radius of influence. And depending on the amount and kind of specialized-function equipments in urban areas, they might have different meanings. Areia Branca has as its spatial range only its municipal area covering the population from urban and rural territories. This a general characteristic of the local centres which do not have enough attractions to influence its region like other cities with a high hierarchy in the network, which influence other cities both regional, national or even global. So it is possible to see a leadership contest for the influence over Areia Branca between Itabaiana, Subregional Centre B, and Aracaju, the regional capital in the urban subsystem.