Urban space production and interfaces with housing in Marabá (Pará))

Abstract

The production of urban space, in the context of housing debates, involves discussions about space as a social product, marked by contradictions that reveal an unequal production. From this perspective, the objective of this article was to develop reflections on urban transformations in Marabá (PA), based on perspectives on housing production, with emphasis on the Minha Casa Minha Vida Program. The procedures included the survey and analysis of theoretical references, associated with field observations, aiming to identify aspects of the location of housing developments and their main characteristics. Considering PMCMV in Marabá made it possible to identify the maintenance of processes that are part of the Program on a national scale, but also the reproduction of a project model that disregards local demands. It is concluded that PMCMV contributed to interventions in spatial transformations in Marabá, reproduced contradictions of the Program, and imposed changes in the spatial production of the São Félix and Morada Nova neighborhoods. When the Residentials are analyzed, the persistence of the demand for interventions aimed at meeting the needs of the population is observed.