The conversion of productive land into an urban area: an analysis of the Campinhos neighborhood in Vitória da Conquista-BA

Abstract

The expansion of urban areas in small and medium-sized cities provides a diversity of socio-spatial processes that materialize in urban space driven by the logic of spatial production of the city, one of these processes is the conversion of productive land into urban areas. In Vitória da Conquista, these processes of space production, including the horizontal expansion of the city, reveal a series of urban densifications in areas prone to the concentration of productive activities, whether in the industrial, service or manufacturing sectors. Campinhos is one of those places that had a population density derived from these productive processes that produce the urban space, here in this article, we analyze the main socio-spatial transformations that the place has undergone in recent years, taking into account the unfolding of urbanization in this area. context.