Análise diferencial da ocupação e utilização do espaço suburbano da Beira

Abstract

The study area inserted in the urban space of Beira, is constituted by the suburb and the transition to the periphery. These differences relate not only to the form and intensity of land use and occupation, but also to population density. In the study area, the forms of orderly and disorganized occupation were recognized, corresponding to urbanized and semi-urbanized spaces respectively. The objective of this work is to analyze and map the occupation and use of land in the suburban space of Beira. The study was based on the analysis of aerial photographs from two epochs 1972 and 1996, including topographic maps of the study area. Fieldwork was carried out in March for 18 days during which a survey of quantitative data included in the analysis was carried out. Descriptive, comparative and deductive methods were used to analyze the results of the fieldwork. In the urbanized and semi-urbanized spaces of the city of Beira, during the twenty-four years that separate the periods in which the aerial photographs used for this work were taken, there was a growth in the built space and a tendency towards an increase in density. . Changes were also made in the types of land use, having been identified areas that were unoccupied in 1972 and that presently present high densities of constructions. It was also found that the differentiation of occupation and densities of buildings within the study area is related to physical-natural factors, despite the influence of socio-economic-cultural factors that also played a significant role.(TRADUÇÁO NOSSA)