Governança territorial: uma ponte para o desenvolvimento turístico no sertão do São Francisco

Abstract

The present doctoral research carried out a study on the possibility of implantation of an integrated territorial governance model that allows the development of the region of the São Francisco Canyon, based on tourism. It is a qualitative research whose methodological approach was the sociological one and the one of procedure the case study, having as object of analysis the said region. Thus, the work was divided into two axes, one epistemological and the other empirical. In the first axis was made an assault on the emergence of tourism until its contemporary expression, then pointing out concepts and models of this activity, as well as its economic and spatial dynamics. In this regard, the chapter also focused on the beginnings of governance, identifying ideological currents that make use of this term and, thus, entering into the concept of territorial governance, raising its dynamics in favor of development and more usual models in tourism. In the second axis, the territorial framework was made, through a panorama of the municipalities that make up the region under study, namely: Delmiro Gouveia (AL), Piranhas (AL), Olho D’Água do Casado (AL), Canindé do São Francisco (SE), e Paulo Afonso (BA), presenting it by means of its location and its physical, socioeconomic and historical aspects. Also in this second axis, we consider the empirical data of the research carried out, presenting the spatial configuration of tourism in the region, the hegemonic agents and their mechanisms of tourism territory management. Facing this reality, it presents the failure and success factors for the implementation of an integrated territorial governance model in this region. The research shows that, given the reality found, it is not possible to immediately implant a governance model within the academic precepts pointed out, so the only form of "ideal" governance to materialize is through implementation stages, with some of the institutions of teaching, research and extension as a catalyst and inducer of the process.