Production of urban space in Ituiutaba-MG: analysis of territorial expansion and demographic dynamics in the period 2010-2019

Abstract

We experience a scenario of significant lag in relation to the census data made available by the Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística - IBGE, since the last Demographic Census was carried out in 2010. The postponement of the survey, initially scheduled for 2020, led to the ignorance of many changes over the years, especially considering the expressive housing production through the Minha Casa Minha Vida Program – PMCMV, started in 2009. This situation is evident in Ituiutaba, Minas Gerais, where almost five thousand housing units were implemented through twelve housing projects as of 2010. This context generated relevant impacts, since the city had, in 2010, just over 93 thousand inhabitants. Therefore, we sought to gather information that could contribute to the analysis of these transformations and, in this case, we found an alternative solution in the database of the Municipal Zoonosis Control Center. From this information, maps and tables were produced that made the territorial cuts of the census sectors and neighborhoods compatible. The results contribute to elucidate the significant transformations that occurred in the context of the production of urban space in Ituiutaba in the period 2010-2019, especially in relation to territorial expansion and population distribution, even in the absence of updated census data.