The (in)visible faces of urban regenerationRiachuelo Street and the production of a gentrified scenario

Resumo

Urban regeneration projects have become an important research field. There is a concern about interpreting the displacement of urban meanings and the consequences of a silent social and cultural substitution, which have been naturalizing urban ennoblement as a strategy to manage the city’s image. In this paper, the project “New Center”, developed in the city of Curitiba (Southern Brazil) is analyzed, focusing specifically on changes that have been occurring in Riachuelo Street since 2009. Contributions from Hamnnet (2003), Smith (2002; 2006), Vargas and Castillo (2009), among others, are explored. In a scenario that has not been completely remade, Riachuelo Street presents sensitive impacts, although they are not fully visible, from a process in which gentrification is used as an urban policy instrument that supports sociospatial, cultural and economic remodeling.

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Tipo

Artigo científico

Ano

2015

Instituição

Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo

Fonte

Cadernos Metrópole

Idioma

Português

Acesso

Não informado

Identificador

oai:ojs.revistas.pucsp.br:article/17834

Palavras-chave

gentrificaçãoRua Riachueloregeneração urbanagentrificationRiachuelo Streeturban regeneration