Agriculture and organization of space of the municipal districts: case study in Jamaica and Jaciporã/Dracena (SP)

Author(s)

Maryna Vieira Martins Antunes

• Document type: Master's Dissertation
• Press: Presidente Prudente. 2016-08-02.
• Institution: Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp). Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia. Presidente Prudente
• Defense date: 2016-02-12
• Advisor: Rosangela Aparecida de Medeiros Hespanhol

Abstract

The overall objective of this work is to survey, understanding and reflection of the economic, social and cultural characteristics engendered in the spatial organization of the municipal districts of Jamaica and Jaciporã / Dracena / São Paulo, resulting from changes in the regional agricultural sector. Our problem was built from the initial hypothesis that the substitution of coffee - central to the process of occupation and formation of the studied cores - for other types of agricultural exploitation - especially the sugarcane - resulted in various changes in his roles and the daily life of districts. In terms of methodology, we conducted a case study in the districts of Jamaica and Jaciporã. The steps were literature review, systematization of secondary data and field research with the application of socioeconomic questionnaire and carrying out semi-structured interviews with residents seeking production data and information qualitative and quantitative. The results allowed us to verify that the changes, especially with regard to land ownership and labor relations, ended up making the agricultural influenced less in the spatial organization of districts, which have become spaces, mostly intended for residential use for the population employed in the service sector in the city of Dracena. We also note that there was a decrease of the population living in the districts and especially in the vicinity - the dispersed rural areas, due to the decline of coffee. With that Jamaica and Jaciporã come to be characterized by low population density; economic; and technical networks, as they lose the functions related to the organization of the agricultural area of the coffee complex. Is a process of "aging forms" associated with coffee and some refunctionalization processes can be noticed in the direction primarily to qualify residential use and public services. In the districts the ruralities is more than agriculture, is characterized by the coexistence, proximity and kinship ties between the residents and the strategies "solidarity" developed by the population in order to achieve amenities in everyday life, conflict resolution and improvements in the districts, because there union to political demands for municipal administration. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 13/03544-1 - Agriculture and spatial dynamics: geographical study of urban districts of Jamaica and Jaciporã (Dracena-SP).
• Grantee: Maryna Vieira Martins Antunes
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master