Programa Minha Casa Minha Vida (PMCMV) e a (re)produção do espaço urbano em Timon, Maranhão

Abstract

The dynamism of spatial production and urban expansion in Brazilian cities in recent decades draws attention, either because of the numerous problems arising or the lack of planning. The Timon city, State of Maranhão, Brazil, has shown a significant performance of spatial reproductive agents, such as the State and real estate agents, which, through the implementation of housing complexes, promote real estate speculation, the valuation of new spaces and henceforth new space productions. In this sense, what’s the influence of the Minha Casa Minha Vida Program in the production and reproduction of urban space in Timon City? Thus, the main gol of this research is to analyze and evaluate how the housing complexes from the Minha Casa Minha Vida Program, built in the early phases of the program, have acted in the production and reproduction of urban space in Timon city; thus emphasizing the importance of urban spatial planning in the municipalities of Maranhão State. The foundation of the research is based on the bibliographical and documental survey and the field collection, the latter being carried out through forms. The investigation is also based on non-probabilistic sampling of residents of housing complexes, on photographic records and on guided observation (checklist) and on the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS). The research results show that the Minha Casa Minha Vida Program has influence in the production of new spaces in the urban scenario of Timon city, resulting in the overvaluation of urban land, new constructions without planning; reflected in the incompatibility of the existing urban elements in the area. This diagnosis supported the elaboration of a Quality Assessment Guide for Housing Complexes and their urban elements, being an instrument in order to contribute to decision-making by municipal managers and to studies on the urban planning of the Timon's city space and other municipalities of Greater Teresina Integrated Development Region (RIDE Greater Teresina).