AS PERIFERIAS URBANAS EM ITABUNA-BA, CIDADE MÉDIA EM CONSTRUÇÃO

diversidade de usos e múltiplas territorialidades

Abstract

This article presents one of the sections related to the results of an academic Research Project carried out between 2023 and 2025, whose scope was to discuss the condition of Itabuna, a regional center in southern Bahia, as a medium-sized city under construction; and in this context, to identify the contents and uses of the territory in its expanding urban peripheries. The recent diversification of productive activities in the municipality has promoted considerable transformations in the urban space, among which the diversity of contents in the city’s peripheries stands out, distancing the idea of associating the periphery with lack and scarcity. Methodologically, a literature review on the subject was conducted, as well as the collection of secondary data from public and private institutions, cartographic representation, and representation of the urban landscape using a drone and a digital camera. The research demonstrated that the urban peripheries of Itabuna present a complexity of contents, ranging from large facilities such as whole sale companies, a theater, medium-and high-standard residential condominiums, to facilities and housing intended for the popular classes; a phenomenon that has characterized the use of the territory in Brazilian medium-sized cities in recent years.