MARGINALIZED POPULATION IN THE CENTRAL AREA OF PRUDENT PRESIDENT-SP

Abstract

The appropriations of the public spaces are like a mechanism of defense and overcoming of the population to the urban models imposed. In the city of Presidente Prudente - SP, as a product of commercial attractiveness and constant flow of people, varied activities were emerging, among them appropriations of marginalized people, such as street prostitution, illicit drug users and street dwellers. To understand the relationship between the ways of appropriating in public spaces, this article proposes an analysis of the central area of ​​the city of Presidente Prudente - SP, in an attempt to understand how public spaces have transformed in this area. For this, mapping of the public spaces that are being appropriated and observation in loco to understand the urban structure offered by the place will be essential for the perception.