Análise das praças de Natal: Importância das praças para a cidade e seu papel na vida cotidiana

Abstract

The present work sought to produce a theoretical study on the public squares of the municipality of Natal, demonstrating the function performed by the squares in the city and in the life of citizens. From bibliographic and documentary research, the public space and the transformations suffered by it over time were initially presented, besides the concept and differentiation between public space and collective space and the reflection of this in the new configuration of urbanity of cities, which is directly related to the concept of socio-spatial segregation widely observed today in society. Subsequently, the central object of the work, the squares, was conceived, based on their definitions, characteristics and functions. And in the third chapter, several aspects related to the public squares of Natal were explored, seeking to quantify and characterize them from the socioeconomic profiles of the administrative regions and some neighborhoods, beyond to the aesthetic conditions and their preservation. So, it was concluded that the squares when well planned, structured and managed constitute an example of an element of full development of the social function of cities, as defined by the Federal Constitution, ratifying the importance of squares in the urban life of cities.