Análise da infraestrutura urbana para o desenvolvimento do turismo : um estudo de caso no município de Barra do Bugres-MT

Abstract

The objective of this paper is to analyze the conditions of infrastructure in the municipality of Barra do Bugres aimed at consolidation of tourism as an economic activity to support its development. The urban infrastructure is, for many researchers Tourism, one of the determining factors for the development of tourism, ensuring that there are conditions for private investment in the sector and bringing improvements and social well-being for communities. This study on urban infrastructure deals with two aspects, one with respect to the vision of the authors research on tourism and other more technical, with the vision of engineering on the subject, so that there is an intertwining between the views, aiming at a better understanding of the subject and its context, given the existing conditions in the municipality of Barra do Bugres. For this, the survey methodology was based on the existing infrastructure in the municipality, check with "in loco" consultations with their bodies and specialized literature on the scale required, with reference on infrastructure and tourism, the researchers Beni (1998) and Ignarra (2003). The basis of the analysis is given by the optical Mascaro (2005), Neto (1997) and Zmitrowicz (1997) on infrastructure and urban development and yet it emphasizes the analysis of Santos (1988), on the most appropriate proposals for the implementation of an infrastructure more suited to the characteristics of small towns and even the view of the urban conditions described by Lynch (2007), Status of Cities and the Master Plan of the municipality. As a result it is believed that the possibility of tourism in the municipality will only be achieved from a solid investment in urban infrastructure, bringing improvements to the population at various levels and creating conditions for private initiative can offer differentiated products.