Parcelamento de terras e expansão urbana na microrregião do agreste potiguar: loteamentos e especulação imobiliária em Boa Saúde, Lagoa Salgada e Serra Caiada/RN

Abstract

Screen research aimed to make a discussion about how the subdivision of land comes causing urban expansion in the micro region potiguarrarsh, giving emphasis to the building process which in turn has driven the property speculation in the cities of Boa Saúde, LagoaSalgada and Serra Caiada-RN. In this sense, means the city as a historical and social product that materializes in space, where the practices developed in its interior are modified with time and follow the evolution of society, these practices, guided by urban processes that permeate the experience and transform existing relations in the production of the cities, mainly to the capitalist relations, where the possess of land allows the acquisition of high profits and accumulation of capital. In this way, the work will focus on the expansion of the urban tissues of the cities mentioned, from the proliferation of lots of land in urban areas or urban expansion, whereas the producer agents, landowners and acquirers of lots, that act and benefit from the dynamics of the market of land in small towns. In this sense, considering the differences in each city, as well as their commonality, will spell out how the phenomenon the subdivision of land has been intensifying, its dynamics, benefits and the possible implications that the allotments of land can cause to local urban mesh. As final analysis, this research aims to contribute to effective actions to be developed for urban land planning and organization, considering the systematization of data and information on the existing allotments in both cities, information that we believe to be relevant to the development of urban policies, as well as decisions that may be taken by the leaders and local society aimed at improving and structuring the urban morphology of small towns.