Habitação social e segregação residencial em Montes Claros/MG

Abstract

The residential segregation process is a recurring phenomenon in the space’s production of contemporary cities. Outside this perspective, these urban centers have in their morphology, fragmented areas, homogeneous in its internally form and externally heterogeneous, however, this is not the only feature that can be considered in segregated spaces, thus the complexity of this concept. The construction of Habitation of Social Interest developments - (HIS), promoted by social housing policies in Brazil, has contributed to the horizontal expansion of the municipal urban area. The (HIS) is built in outlying areas, often without public infrastructure equipment, hindering the access of low-income residents to the city in its entirety. This research purpose to analyze the residential segregation process in Monte Claros/MG outside of the construction of affordable housing. The housing projects promoted by the Brazilian housing policy that established by Law Number, (11,977 / 09) the Program Minha Casa Minha Vida - PMCMV. Therefore, It was analyzed the housing Mount Zion, (Monte Sião), located in the north of the city, especially with regard to access to public urban facilities by the residents of the whole. The specific objectives are: a) discuss the residential segregation process associated with the production of urban space within the geographical science; b) showing the historic of housing policy in Brazil; c) contextualizing national housing policy in Montes Claros / MG; d) examining the creation of housing Mount Zion and the residential segregation process outside of access to public urban facilities. Surching with this information to evaluate how is access to the town and equipment by the residents of Mount Zion. The methodological procedures applied in this research were: Bibliographic Analysis o the production of urban space and the residential segregation process; documentary research in organs such as the Municipality of Montes Claros - PMMOC, Caixa Econômica Federal - CEF and others; interviews with the resident of Mount Zion population; iconographic records; production of maps and charts. The results revealed the residential segregation process housing Mount Zion. The same is located in a concentrated area with five other sets of PMCMV totaling 2.190 housing units. In this space, there are no urban facilities such as schools, kindergartens, health centers, markets, among others.