Minha Casa Minha Vida: peripheralization, segregation and intra-urban mobility in the Florianópolis conurbation

Abstract

The article investigates the repercussions, on urban mobility, of the process of urban sprawl and peripheralization stimulated by the projects of the housing program Minha Casa Minha Vida in the Florianópolis conurbation (State of Santa Catarina, southern Brazil). The area presents socio-spatial segregation and locomotion disparities between central and peripheral districts. It was found that projects subsidized by the housing program are located mainly in distant sites, which lack infrastructure and public transportation, causing higher costs and diseconomies to the public and private realms. The article shows that housing policies disassociated from studies of intra-urban location and urban mobility have a daily impact on the lives of citizens through transportation expenses, time spent on commuting, and urban peripheralization. Furthermore, this affects the exercise of the right to the city, contributing to widen social inequalities and socio-spatial segregation.