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Pobreza Urbana

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Para Milton Santos, a urbanização e a pobreza são fenômenos profundamente conectados, fato evidenciado mais dramaticamente nos países periféricos. Neste livro, o geógrafo desvenda os processos responsáveis pela generalização da pobreza na escala mundial, retomando a questão da sua definição, e indaga se o problema não tem sido frequentemente colocado de modo equívoco; ao mesmo tempo, destaca a singularidade da experiência histórica nos países pobres. Na reflexão dos desafios enfrentados por essas sociedades, recorre à teoria crítica do espaço para propor conceitos e confrontar crenças ainda hoje difundidas pelo pensamento dominante. Além de uma densa interpretação da dinâmica da pobreza urbana, o livro contém um relevante e vasto levantamento da literatura internacional sobre urbanização, industrialização, composição da força de trabalho, migração e desenvolvimento.

136 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2013

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Milton Santos

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Milton Santos was a Brazilian geographer.

Milton changed his world, by studying and teaching, onto an impressive path. He studied and he taught in Europe, America and Africa. He turned the painful exile that the military dictatorship imposed on him for thirteen years into benefits. Milton Santos wrote more than forty books in several languages; his work became a reference for all those who intend to understand in a critical way the current world. He was such an optimistic thinker, before anything else, that he got to distinguish the new from the innovative, concepts that he radically differentiated.

A serious and combative geographer, he didn't spare anyone of severe criticism -- politicians, intellectuals, department friends, and even the more faithful students. Gray hair appeared in his last years, but the professor would always appear in long-sleeve shirts and red tie, dressed with the same seriousness with which he worked with knowledge.

Some of his books include "Por Uma Geografia Nova" (1978) and "A Natureza do Espaço" (1996). His work "O Espaço Dividido" is considered a geography classic: in it Santos develops a theory on urban development in underdeveloped countries.

Milton Santos won the Vautrin Lud International Geography Prize, which is the highest award that can be gained in the field of geography. The award is modelled on the Nobel Prize, and it is considered and colloquially called the Nobel prize for geography.

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June 21, 2025
Ótimo livro introdutório sobre o conceito de circuito superior e de circuito inferior. Santos questiona o conceito de pobreza, expondo as linhas conceituais abstratas e etnocêntricas e as formas de solucioná-la (desenvolvimento). Para contrapor tais visões, ele estuda a pobreza por meio da realidade do sistema capitalista nas cidades do chamado Terceiro Mundo.
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September 1, 2024
Leitura um pouco rebuscada, porém cheia de detalhes surpreendentes sobre a origem, manutenção e definições em torno da pobreza urbana.
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