Maputo, the divided city: fragmentation and (re)qualification
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Resumo: | Maputo - the Mozambican capital - has expanded itself vertiginously in the midst of the late independence process (1975). Its population has been multiplied about twelve times during the decades from 1950 to 2020, reaching more than 1.1 million inhabitants. The political, commercial, and financial center of the country, the urban fabric of the capital is the stage for complex processes of economic growth and spatial segregation triggered in recent decades. The central region, known locally as the "cement city", concentrates on modern and widely diversified infrastructures. Squares and parks, luxury condos surrounded by modern offices, international standard hotels, shopping, and a set of pharaonic constructions - built at a cost of billions - set the landscape tone of progress induced and concentrated in favor of a small elite. However, beyond this "stronghold", around 92% of the population lives in the peripheral part of Maputo, popularly known as the "reed city". These, however, are located in very precarious housing, produced informally by the residents themselves, and subjected to the complete absence of infrastructure and public services. These issues contribute directly to the fact that Mozambique has the ninth-worst Human Development Index (HDI) on the planet. In this way, the present article - elaborated from fieldwork, interdisciplinary discussions and dialogues undertaken within the scope of an international scientific project between universities in Brazil and Mozambique - seeks to present and interpret the set of urban connections that make Maputo a fragmented and complex city, full of continuous socio-territorial transformations in which multiple clashes emerge linked to segregation, gentrification, real estate speculation, among others. |
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Maputo, the divided city: fragmentation and (re)qualificationMaputo, a cidade dividida: fragmentação e (re)qualificaçãoUrbanoCrescimentoSegregaçãoMoçambiqueUrbanGrowthSegregationMozambiqueMaputo - the Mozambican capital - has expanded itself vertiginously in the midst of the late independence process (1975). Its population has been multiplied about twelve times during the decades from 1950 to 2020, reaching more than 1.1 million inhabitants. The political, commercial, and financial center of the country, the urban fabric of the capital is the stage for complex processes of economic growth and spatial segregation triggered in recent decades. The central region, known locally as the "cement city", concentrates on modern and widely diversified infrastructures. Squares and parks, luxury condos surrounded by modern offices, international standard hotels, shopping, and a set of pharaonic constructions - built at a cost of billions - set the landscape tone of progress induced and concentrated in favor of a small elite. However, beyond this "stronghold", around 92% of the population lives in the peripheral part of Maputo, popularly known as the "reed city". These, however, are located in very precarious housing, produced informally by the residents themselves, and subjected to the complete absence of infrastructure and public services. These issues contribute directly to the fact that Mozambique has the ninth-worst Human Development Index (HDI) on the planet. In this way, the present article - elaborated from fieldwork, interdisciplinary discussions and dialogues undertaken within the scope of an international scientific project between universities in Brazil and Mozambique - seeks to present and interpret the set of urban connections that make Maputo a fragmented and complex city, full of continuous socio-territorial transformations in which multiple clashes emerge linked to segregation, gentrification, real estate speculation, among others.Maputo – capital moçambicana – expandiu-se de forma vertiginosa em meio ao processo de independência tardia (1975). Sua população multiplicou cerca de doze vezes durante as décadas de 1950 à 2020, atingindo mais de 1,1 milhão de habitantes. Centro político, comercial e financeiro do país, o tecido urbano da capital é palco de complexos processos de crescimento econômico e segregação espacial desencadeados nas últimas décadas. A região central, nomeada localmente de “cidade de cimento”, concentra infraestruturas modernas e amplamente diversificadas. Praças e parques, condomínios de luxo cercados de modernos escritórios, hotéis de padrão internacional, shoppings e um conjunto de obras faraônicas – erguidas a cifras bilionárias – dão o tom paisagístico de um progresso induzido e concentrado em favor de uma pequena elite. Todavia, para além deste “reduto”, cerca de 92% da população habita a parcela periférica de Maputo, popularmente designada como “cidade de caniço”. Estes, por sua vez, encontram-se alocados em habitações muito precarizadas, produzidas de maneira informal pelos próprios moradores e, em muito, submetidos à ausência completa de infraestruturas e serviços públicos. Questões que contribuem diretamente para que Moçambique possua o nono pior Índice de Desenvolvimento Humano (IDH) do planeta. Desta forma, o presente artigo – elaborado a partir de trabalhos de campo, discussões interdisciplinares e diálogos empreendidos no âmbito de projeto científico internacional entre universidades do Brasil e de Moçambique – busca apresentar e interpretar o conjunto de nexos urbanos que fazem de Maputo uma cidade fragmentada e complexa, repleta de contínuas transformações socioterritoriais em que emergem múltiplos embates vinculados à segregação, gentrificação, especulação imobiliária, dentre outros.Universidade Federal de Uberlândia2022-11-29info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttps://seer.ufu.br/index.php/sociedadenatureza/article/view/6595110.14393/SN-v35-2023-65951Sociedade & Natureza; Vol. 35 No. 1 (2023): Sociedade & Natureza; v. 35 n. 1 (2023): 1982-45130103-1570reponame:Sociedade & natureza (Online)instname:Universidade Federal de Uberlândia (UFU)instacron:UFUporenghttps://seer.ufu.br/index.php/sociedadenatureza/article/view/65951/35100https://seer.ufu.br/index.php/sociedadenatureza/article/view/65951/35101Copyright (c) 2022 João Henrique Santana Stacciarini, Eguimar Felício Chaveirohttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessStacciarini, João Henrique Santana Chaveiro, Eguimar FelícioAzevedo, Helsio Amiro Motany de Albuquerque2023-08-25T14:36:00Zoai:ojs.www.seer.ufu.br:article/65951Revistahttp://www.sociedadenatureza.ig.ufu.br/PUBhttps://seer.ufu.br/index.php/sociedadenatureza/oai||sociedade.natureza.ufu@gmail.com|| lucianamelo@ufu.br1982-45130103-1570opendoar:2023-08-25T14:36Sociedade & natureza (Online) - Universidade Federal de Uberlândia (UFU)false |
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Maputo, the divided city: fragmentation and (re)qualification Maputo, a cidade dividida: fragmentação e (re)qualificação |
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Maputo, the divided city: fragmentation and (re)qualification |
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Maputo, the divided city: fragmentation and (re)qualification Stacciarini, João Henrique Santana Urbano Crescimento Segregação Moçambique Urban Growth Segregation Mozambique |
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Maputo, the divided city: fragmentation and (re)qualification |
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Maputo, the divided city: fragmentation and (re)qualification |
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Maputo, the divided city: fragmentation and (re)qualification |
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Maputo, the divided city: fragmentation and (re)qualification |
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Maputo, the divided city: fragmentation and (re)qualification |
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Stacciarini, João Henrique Santana |
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Stacciarini, João Henrique Santana Chaveiro, Eguimar Felício Azevedo, Helsio Amiro Motany de Albuquerque |
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Chaveiro, Eguimar Felício Azevedo, Helsio Amiro Motany de Albuquerque |
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Stacciarini, João Henrique Santana Chaveiro, Eguimar Felício Azevedo, Helsio Amiro Motany de Albuquerque |
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Urbano Crescimento Segregação Moçambique Urban Growth Segregation Mozambique |
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Urbano Crescimento Segregação Moçambique Urban Growth Segregation Mozambique |
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Maputo - the Mozambican capital - has expanded itself vertiginously in the midst of the late independence process (1975). Its population has been multiplied about twelve times during the decades from 1950 to 2020, reaching more than 1.1 million inhabitants. The political, commercial, and financial center of the country, the urban fabric of the capital is the stage for complex processes of economic growth and spatial segregation triggered in recent decades. The central region, known locally as the "cement city", concentrates on modern and widely diversified infrastructures. Squares and parks, luxury condos surrounded by modern offices, international standard hotels, shopping, and a set of pharaonic constructions - built at a cost of billions - set the landscape tone of progress induced and concentrated in favor of a small elite. However, beyond this "stronghold", around 92% of the population lives in the peripheral part of Maputo, popularly known as the "reed city". These, however, are located in very precarious housing, produced informally by the residents themselves, and subjected to the complete absence of infrastructure and public services. These issues contribute directly to the fact that Mozambique has the ninth-worst Human Development Index (HDI) on the planet. In this way, the present article - elaborated from fieldwork, interdisciplinary discussions and dialogues undertaken within the scope of an international scientific project between universities in Brazil and Mozambique - seeks to present and interpret the set of urban connections that make Maputo a fragmented and complex city, full of continuous socio-territorial transformations in which multiple clashes emerge linked to segregation, gentrification, real estate speculation, among others. |
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