Análise e caracterização da produção imobiliária na zona sul de Natal/RN em relação ao processo de urbanização

Abstract

The growing role of the real estate sector brings everyday more significant repercussions for the production of urban space and for the economy. It's cyclical characteristic influences the urban dynamics, the distribution of urban densities and, consequently, has positive and negative effects on the urban infrastructure. Understanding this phenomenon becomes of great importance for the city management, as well as for designing strategies for real estate companies. The case of the Southern Zone of Natal, capital of Rio Grande do Norte, presents interesting specificities because it is an area with strong international tourism that underwent an intense verticalization process between 2000 and 2015. The proximity to Zones of Environmental Protection has apparently contributed to attract a greater amount of real estate projects that, due to the absence of urban density controls, are having a strong impact on the urban infrastructure installed in the region. This research elaborated a characterization of the real estate production in the region, in the last twenty years, in comparison with the changes in the urban legislation and the availability of infrastructure. The main results show that the absence of density control induces an intense production of housing units, implying a population expansion that tends to quickly saturate the current infrastructure network.