The production of the space in Portalegre/RN

Abstract

The centrality of cities in capitalist society is undeniable. The city is the privileged locus in which capitalist forces manifest themselves in the most vigorous way through the modifications of natural landscapes by the infrastructure built. As the accumulation of capital intensifies new geographical structures are forged and incessantly modify socio-spatial relations. This work aims to analyze the production of space in the city of Portalegre/RN. For this purpose, field research was used, interpreting reality from the collection of primary data (images captured using Google Earth Pro and interviews with older residents), as well as documentary and bibliographic research. The recent expansions in Portalegre/RN have led to the structuring of tourist equipment built and/or encouraged by the Government, by the construction of popular neighborhoods on the fringes of the city from the state action and by the willingness of some owners of areas on the outskirts of the city to plot them.