masterThesis
O Circuito inferior da economia urbana em Mossoró: a dinâmica do comércio ambulante
Fecha
2012-12-14Registro en:
SILVA, Romero Rossano Tertulino da. O Circuito inferior da economia urbana em Mossoró: a
dinâmica do comércio ambulante. 2012. 120 f. Dissertação (Mestrado em Dinâmica e Reestruturação do Território) - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, 2012.
Autor
Silva, Romero Rossano Tertulino da
Resumen
This study was based on the analysis and understanding of the dynamics of the lower circuit
of the economy and the size of the street trading in the city of Mossoro (RN). The
operationalization of the theory of the two circuits of the urban economy, based on Santos
(2008a) was essential to understand the street trading as part of the entire city of Mossoro. It
was given emphasis on the study of the lower circuit of the economy and its coverage in the
street trading in the commercial center of the city, specifically in street trading in Coronel
Gurgel. The dynamics of that street reveals the different ways that the territory is used
simultaneously by different social actors as pedestrians, consumers, business owners, and
especially by street vendors. These vendors occupy the spaces along the streets of the city
commercial center, placing their tents or stalls, especially on sidewalks, excellent strategic
locations for the marketing of their products, due to the large influx of people seeking goods
and services nearby. As methodological and technical procedures for gathering primary data,
we opted for the use of questionnaires and interviews, with many users of the lower circuit,
both consumers and vendors. The analysis of these questionnaires, along with the theoretical
background, has revealed that there are several social and political conflicts related to the use
of public spaces, such as sidewalks and flowerbeds, in the city commercial center, and that
these conflicts are increasingly demonstrating that vendors need a space endowed with
infrastructure to conduct their activities. The lack of efficiency of the government, as well as
the slowness of their actions to organize a space that is able to properly fit salespersons,
constitutes one of the main problems faced by these small traders who have limited financial
resources and materials to get their activities through in the globalized world. At the same
time, this study revealed the importance of these agents, as the last link of the urban economy,
in the distribution of various consumer goods, enabling the satisfaction of some needs of the
population, especially the poorer people