Shopping centers e seus impactos socioespaciais

Abstract

Since the 1980s, in the main Brazilian cities, the installation of shopping centers began. The investment grows in such a way that in the first half of 1990 more than sixty of these ventures were under construction or under construction. Today, shopping malls have become so crowded in city life that it is no exaggeration to say that they have come to dictate social behavior and have become the cutting-edge sector of retail trade. Based on this finding, the work seeks to verify, albeit in a preliminary way, what are and how has the impact of the shopping malls in the space constructed in the city of Rio de Janeiro has been presented.