Estrutura urbana e vacância : caso do Centro Histórico de Cuiabá

Abstract

The city center is a region where a diversity of goods, services and culture are concentrated. However, despite the presence of locational amenities, many cities have a high vacancy rate for properties in their Historic Centers. In Cuiabá it is no different: its Historic Center undergoes a process of decentralization and emptying that has been perpetuated for decades. There is a structurally sprawling city, with large territorial gaps, at the same time that it has a sparsely inhabited, deteriorated and underused old center. In this context, this case study seeks to analyze which factors influence vacancy in the Historic Center of Cuiabá, analyzing how the current characteristics affect the decision of agents not to invest and/or not to reside in this region. For this, secondary data were obtained from IBGE and IPDU, as well as information collected by the PGCHC from the old center. It is concluded that the Historic Center of Cuiabá underwent a gradual process of decentralization and only its privileged location is insufficient to reverse this vacancy process. It is recommended the implementation of public policies capable of generating a new dynamic of use of the center to reverse the process of spatial segregation of the city.