The emergence of “new towns” as denial of the city: closed condominiums in Goiânia, Brazil

Authors

  • Aristides Moysés
  • Deusa Maria Rodrigues Boaventura
  • Elcileni de Melo Borges

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7867/2317-5443.2015v3n2p161-177

Keywords:

Goiânia, horizontal closed condominiums, housing, housing complex, social inequalities.

Abstract

As part of a new landscape related to power and wealth has been taking place in the metro area of Goiânia, after the 1990’s and specially 2000. It is important to notice the urban phenomena of the private horizontal neighborhoods (CHF’s) that are becoming a rising trend among the wealthy segments of the population, which tend to seek for residences and commercial areas in elite neighborhoods, socially isolated, settled in the outskirts of the city. Even though, Goiânia has characteristics of a mid-size city, it has been already considered the “3rd capital of the country in number of private neighborhoods of this kind in relation to the number of habitantsâ€. Aside of this luxury phenomenon, which is transforming deeply the urban landscape of Goiânia, sits without any solution the demands for popular housing. The city still dealing with extremely poor neighborhoods with high levels of insalubrity, marked by irregular occupation processes and occasional invasions, all of which are urban questions that have been addressed by the government only with sparse actions.

JEL-Code | O18; R14; R52.

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Published

2016-04-08

How to Cite

Moysés, A., Boaventura, D. M. R., & Borges, E. de M. (2016). The emergence of “new towns” as denial of the city: closed condominiums in Goiânia, Brazil. Revista Brasileira De Desenvolvimento Regional, 3(2), 161–177. https://doi.org/10.7867/2317-5443.2015v3n2p161-177

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