Descrição
Cities that polarize productive regions associated with agribusiness have gained prominence in Brazil’s urban network in the past three decades. The main objective of this article is to present some agribusiness cities, relating both its urban structuring and the socio-spatial dynamics, focusing on housing conditions. We defend four theses: first, globalized agribusiness worsens Brazil’s historic socio-spatial inequalities; second, agribusiness productive consumption and agro-industrial facilities are crucial for urban structuring in agribusiness cities; third, housing is a key variable for socio-spatial inequalities studies about urban space; forth, locational conditions of Minha Casa Minha Vida Program (PMCMV) social housing projects are a strong evidence of dissociation between public housing and urban policies. Our analysis object is a group of agribusiness cities spread over five Brazilian regions. The article has three leading questions: which elements stand out from urban structuring in those cities? How does housing take place by considering different space production agents? How have urban and housing policies been led in the past two decades? Then we develop our argumentation to support our theses.||Cidades que polarizam regiões produtivas associadas ao agronegócio ganharam destaque na rede urbana do Brasil, nas últimas três décadas. O presente artigo tem como objetivo principal apresentar um quadro de dinâmicas socioespaciais vinculadas à estruturação de algumas dessas cidades, por nós chamadas de cidades do agronegócio, a partir das condições de moradia. Defendemos quatro teses: a de que o agronegócio globalizado acirra as já históricas desigualdades socioespaciais do Brasil; a de que o consumo produtivo do agronegócio e os estabelecimentos agroindustriais são determinantes para a estruturação urbana das cidades do agronegócio; a de que a moradia é uma variável chave para o estudo das desigualdades socioespaciais no espaço urbano; a de que as condições de inserção urbana dos conjuntos do Programa Minha Casa Minha Vida (PMCMV) são forte evidência da dissociação entre as políticas públicas urbana e habitacional. Como objeto de análise tivemos um conjunto de cidades do agronegócio distribuídas pelas cinco regiões brasileiras. O artigo se estrutura em torno de três questões norteadoras: quais elementos se destacam na estruturação das cidades estudadas? Como a questão da moradia se manifesta considerando os diferentes agentes da produção do espaço? Como as políticas urbana e habitacional foram conduzidas nas últimas duas décadas? A partir destas questões apresentamos elementos de argumentação para as teses defendidas.
Abstract
URBAN STRUCTURING AND HOUSING ISSUES IN AGRIBUSINESS CITIES
Cities that polarize productive regions associated with agribusiness have gained prominence in Brazil’s urban network in the past three decades. The main objective of this article is to present some agribusiness cities, relating both its urban structuring and the socio-spatial dynamics, focusing on housing conditions. We defend four theses: first, globalized agribusiness worsens Brazil’s historic socio-spatial inequalities; second, agribusiness productive consumption and agro-industrial facilities are crucial for urban structuring in agribusiness cities; third, housing is a key variable for socio-spatial inequalities studies about urban space; forth, locational conditions of Minha Casa Minha Vida Program (PMCMV) social housing projects are a strong evidence of dissociation between public housing and urban policies. Our analysis object is a group of agribusiness cities spread over five Brazilian regions. The article has three leading questions: which elements stand out from urban structuring in those cities? How does housing take place by considering different space production agents? How have urban and housing policies been led in the past two decades? Then we develop our argumentation to support our theses.
