City center and lower circuit of the urban economy in São Carlos

• Grant number: 13/23964-5
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: December 01, 2013
• End date: November 30, 2014
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Geography - Human Geography
• Principal Investigator: Maria Encarnação Beltrão Sposito
• Grantee: Renan Augusto Ramos
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia (FCT). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Presidente Prudente. Presidente Prudente , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 11/20155-3 - Socio-economic cohesion and contemporary spatial practices: cities of medium size and consumption, AP.TEM

Abstract

A survey of undergraduate research proposal aims to: - observe the changes underway the lower loop of the urban economy, taking as reference spaces "camelódromos"; - observe how consumers move to these spaces. The aim is to study how consumers relate to these spaces and, therefore, with the city center and its vicinity in São Carlos.