Aspectos para uma nova delimitação da área central de Juiz de Fora

Abstract

The central area is an important space of cities that concentrates economic activities, services and flows of pedestrians, vehicles, consumers, besides being an area of ​​great accessibility and urban infrastructure. As a result, it has a high value in urban land compared to other areas of a city. It is, therefore, disputed by several economic agents, who envisage it to establish lucrative economic activities. The center also has symbolic importance: it is where it concentrates great part of its historical, artistic and architectonic patrimony. This study aims to present a proposal for the redefinition of the boundaries of the central area of ​​Juiz de Fora through a historical investigation of the training process for a review of the Central Area constant in Juiz de Fora Development Plans and a analysis of a set of propositions contained in programs and projects recently developed in the city of Juiz de Fora, and interfere directly in the current conformation of this area, expanding their space and giving it new centrality patterns.