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Artigo científico

The foundation of Belo Horizonteorder, progress and hygiene, but not for all

Fernandes, Patrícia Capanema Alvares

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The plan for Belo Horizonte, founded at the turn of the 19th century, was premised by order, progress and hygiene. The city has displayed, however, a peculiar pattern of social-spatial exclusion since its beginnings. This pattern has be traced back to the plan, as it foresaw the construction of an elitist urban area in replacement of the existing village, evicting former residents and poor newcomers and relegating them to the unorganized, unhygienic suburbs as well as to at-risk and environmentally fragile areas. This historiographic research reveals which mechanisms and practices led to such socialspatial segregation, working outside and as a result of its plan, while challenging simplistic “rich-center/poor-periphery” dichotomies that have dominated Belo Horizonte’s historiography, unveiling instead a much more complex reality.

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Tipo
Artigo científico
Ano
2021
Instituição
Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo
Idioma
Português
Acesso
Não informado
Identificador
oai:ojs.revistas.pucsp.br:article/51217
Licença
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0

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