Thinking, Building and Living the City

This work analyzes the city in contemporary times (South Sector, Uberlândia-MG), through the particularities found in medium-sized cities, their urban dispersion and seeks urban guidelines to improve the quality of life of the population. The structure of the text is subdivided into three chapters. Initially, Thinking the City comprises a historical analysis of the urbanization of its territory and its political and economic evolution, understanding the process of socio-spatial segregation of income classes within the city's intra-urban space. Constructing the City identifies the way in which public and private agents and social movements act in the construction of the contemporary city and analyzes some of the developments in the region under study. Living the City proposes general guidelines for urbanization and city design, in order to generate reflection on ways of improving the quality of life of the population and public spaces.