Land price and urban hierarchy in a medium city: the case of Uberlândia, Minas Gerais

Abstract

Based on urban land prices and the spatialization of state investments, this study aims to discuss the urban hierarchical structure of a medium- -sized city: Uberlândia, in Minas Gerais. To this end, we investigate how urban land rent is shaped and describe its composition by different modalities, according to diverse potential capitalist land uses. In this sense, the main contribution of this article is the empirical analysis of urban land prices, using the methodology of web scraping with real estate advertisements, as well as the systematization and spatialization of state investments, which, together with the theoretical framework of the political economy of urbanization, allow a more accurate reading of the urban hierarchies of cities.