Dinâmica espacial e qualidade de vida no bairro de Castelo Branco em Salvador – BA: implicações socioespaciais entre 1970 – 2015

Abstract

The present study aims to identify the main impacts caused by the change in urban land use on the quality of life of the residents of the Primeira Etapa de Castelo Branco neighborhood (PECB) between 1970 - 2015. Initially, it is about the production process of urban space in Salvador, as well as the main urban changes and their implications for socio-spatial dynamics in low-income areas in the city. Thus, the following specific objectives are: a) Describe the urban evolution of Castelo Branco neighborhood between 1970 - 2015, b) Identify the main changes in urban land use in Castelo Branco neighborhood, c) Analyze the urban changes that have occurred in the study area and their impacts on quality of life. For this stage of the research, a documental survey was used in dissertations, theses and other references on the theme. After that, it was realized the collection of the main information in state and municipal organizations such as: IBGE, CONDER, PMS, FMLF, in addition to the application of 40 questionnaires in order to obtain the greatest number of details about the object of study. Finally, the information was systematized in an attempt to evaluate the current conditions regarding to the quality of urban life (QVU) of the residents of (PECB) and it was concluded that although the neighborhoods of the city have general conditions of poverty and various features of segregation, the formation of subcentralities or multicentralities of mixed urban areas (residential / commercial) and the spatial transformations that occurred in (PECB) in relation to the change in urban land use contributed in a timid way to improve the QVU of residents in study area.