Esta dissertação estuda aspectos da constituição e formação de parcelas do espaço urbano próprias das classes abastadas – bairros ditos nobres, determinados shopping centers, condomínios fechados de alto padrão, ruas elegantes. Buscou-se contribuir para o conhecimento acerca das relações e dinâmicas que as camadas sociais mais ricas estabelecem com o espaço urbano, criando ou redefinindo áreas privilegiadas. Este trabalho consiste num estudo de caso de um espaço emblemático da cidade de Porto Alegre, a rua Padre Chagas, rua esta reconhecida como um espaço próprio das classes abastadas nos seus momentos de lazer e de socialização, tendo um público frequentador de perfil sócio-econômico relativamente homogêneo. Em linhas gerais, os objetivos da pesquisa buscavam compreender como este espaço público, mesmo preservando características de abertura e livre acesso, se constituiu num espaço seletivo. Investigou-se a formação da rua Padre Chagas e do bairro a que pertence, o perfil dos seus frequentadores, seus hábitos e preferências. A metodologia de pesquisa consistiu em estudo sobre a história rua e do bairro, realização de entrevistas com proprietários e gerentes dos estabelecimentos comerciais da rua e observações no local. A constituição da rua tal como hoje é conhecida implicou em transformações no seu perfil funcional (de exclusivamente residencial para residencial combinado ao comercial) e no seu ambiente construído. Essa transformação atendeu, portanto, à necessidade de manter o processo de acumulação do capital a partir da produção e transformação do espaço urbano. Todavia, um outro conjunto de aspectos ajudam explicar a atual configuração da rua: aqueles que dizem respeito a barreiras sutis e invisíveis que impedem o acesso e a permanência da população mais pobre nesse espaço público. Viu-se, assim, que o perfil abastado dos frequentadores está relacionado não só ao fato de a rua se localizar num bairro tradicionalmente de alto padrão, como também a questões de controle e territorialidade exercidos pelos moradores do bairro e pelo público cativo à rua, que determinam quem é considerado apropriado para estar ali e quem não é bem-vindo. / This study is about aspects of the constitution and formation of the parts from the urban space that is destined to wealthy class – rich neighborhoods, shoppings centers, well-heeled condominium and elegant streets. The intention was to make a contribution for the knowledge about the relations and dynamics that the wealthier social stratification establishes in the urban space, creating and redefining privileged areas. This dissertation consists in a study of an emblematic space from Porto Alegre city, the street called Padre Chagas, which is known as a place where the wealthy class has moments of leisure and socialization. It`s a place that attended a public with a relatively homogeneous socioeconomic profile. Broadly speaking, the aim of the research sought to understand how this public space constitutes itself in a selective space. The formation of Padre Chagas Street and the neighborhood in wich it belongs, the profile of its goers, their habits and preferences were investigated. The methodology research was constituted in a study about the street and the neighborhood`s history, interviews with the owners and managers of the business establishments located in the street, and local observations. The formation of the street how it is nowadays, suffered some transformations in its functional profile – from residential only to residencial combined toward comercial – and in the place that was constructed. The transformation attended, therefore, the necessity of maintain the process of the capital accumulation from the production and the transformation of the urban space. Nevertheless, there is other kind of aspects that helps to explain the current street`s configuration: the subtle and invisible barriers which prevent the access and permanence of the poorest population in this public space. So, it was possible to realize that the wealthly profile of the goers is not related only with the fact of the street being in a neighborhood traditionaly known as wealthly, but also it is related with controling and territoriality questions made by the residents of the neighborhood and by the goers, that settle who fitts in the street and who does not.

The goal of this text is to provide understanding of the role that locally organized citizens have in changing general political behavior of Czech people after 1989. The text combines knowledge of urban sociology, political and urban transformation, and citizen/political participation in post-1989 Czech Republic. Theoretically, the text is based in critical reception of urban sociology showing its rather low rate of understanding when analyzing the role of citizens in urban change. The text works with the concept of transaction activism, using it to analytically evaluate the forms of examined collective local action of citizens. Last but not least, attention is paid to the role of ICTs, notably the Internet, in forms of local citizen engagement. To provide the necessary context, the text reflects on main events in political participation on state level as well as it reflects on main urban changes after 1989. Methodologically, the work is based on data from two representative questionnaire surveys and fifteen interviews with representatives of citizen organizations. The main theses are following: (1) low direct experience with political issues leads to predominance of "the politics" as portrayed by mass media, yet it is rather easily unmasked by direct political experience; (2) Although the public opinion...

Esta dissertação estuda aspectos da constituição e formação de parcelas do espaço urbano próprias das classes abastadas – bairros ditos nobres, determinados shopping centers, condomínios fechados de alto padrão, ruas elegantes. Buscou-se contribuir para o conhecimento acerca das relações e dinâmicas que as camadas sociais mais ricas estabelecem com o espaço urbano, criando ou redefinindo áreas privilegiadas. Este trabalho consiste num estudo de caso de um espaço emblemático da cidade de Porto Alegre, a rua Padre Chagas, rua esta reconhecida como um espaço próprio das classes abastadas nos seus momentos de lazer e de socialização, tendo um público frequentador de perfil sócio-econômico relativamente homogêneo. Em linhas gerais, os objetivos da pesquisa buscavam compreender como este espaço público, mesmo preservando características de abertura e livre acesso, se constituiu num espaço seletivo. Investigou-se a formação da rua Padre Chagas e do bairro a que pertence, o perfil dos seus frequentadores, seus hábitos e preferências. A metodologia de pesquisa consistiu em estudo sobre a história rua e do bairro, realização de entrevistas com proprietários e gerentes dos estabelecimentos comerciais da rua e observações no local. A constituição da rua tal como hoje é conhecida implicou em transformações no seu perfil funcional (de exclusivamente residencial para residencial combinado ao comercial) e no seu ambiente construído. Essa transformação atendeu, portanto, à necessidade de manter o processo de acumulação do capital a partir da produção e transformação do espaço urbano. Todavia, um outro conjunto de aspectos ajudam explicar a atual configuração da rua: aqueles que dizem respeito a barreiras sutis e invisíveis que impedem o acesso e a permanência da população mais pobre nesse espaço público. Viu-se, assim, que o perfil abastado dos frequentadores está relacionado não só ao fato de a rua se localizar num bairro tradicionalmente de alto padrão, como também a questões de controle e territorialidade exercidos pelos moradores do bairro e pelo público cativo à rua, que determinam quem é considerado apropriado para estar ali e quem não é bem-vindo. / This study is about aspects of the constitution and formation of the parts from the urban space that is destined to wealthy class – rich neighborhoods, shoppings centers, well-heeled condominium and elegant streets. The intention was to make a contribution for the knowledge about the relations and dynamics that the wealthier social stratification establishes in the urban space, creating and redefining privileged areas. This dissertation consists in a study of an emblematic space from Porto Alegre city, the street called Padre Chagas, which is known as a place where the wealthy class has moments of leisure and socialization. It`s a place that attended a public with a relatively homogeneous socioeconomic profile. Broadly speaking, the aim of the research sought to understand how this public space constitutes itself in a selective space. The formation of Padre Chagas Street and the neighborhood in wich it belongs, the profile of its goers, their habits and preferences were investigated. The methodology research was constituted in a study about the street and the neighborhood`s history, interviews with the owners and managers of the business establishments located in the street, and local observations. The formation of the street how it is nowadays, suffered some transformations in its functional profile – from residential only to residencial combined toward comercial – and in the place that was constructed. The transformation attended, therefore, the necessity of maintain the process of the capital accumulation from the production and the transformation of the urban space. Nevertheless, there is other kind of aspects that helps to explain the current street`s configuration: the subtle and invisible barriers which prevent the access and permanence of the poorest population in this public space. So, it was possible to realize that the wealthly profile of the goers is not related only with the fact of the street being in a neighborhood traditionaly known as wealthly, but also it is related with controling and territoriality questions made by the residents of the neighborhood and by the goers, that settle who fitts in the street and who does not.

Esta dissertação estuda aspectos da constituição e formação de parcelas do espaço urbano próprias das classes abastadas – bairros ditos nobres, determinados shopping centers, condomínios fechados de alto padrão, ruas elegantes. Buscou-se contribuir para o conhecimento acerca das relações e dinâmicas que as camadas sociais mais ricas estabelecem com o espaço urbano, criando ou redefinindo áreas privilegiadas. Este trabalho consiste num estudo de caso de um espaço emblemático da cidade de Porto Alegre, a rua Padre Chagas, rua esta reconhecida como um espaço próprio das classes abastadas nos seus momentos de lazer e de socialização, tendo um público frequentador de perfil sócio-econômico relativamente homogêneo. Em linhas gerais, os objetivos da pesquisa buscavam compreender como este espaço público, mesmo preservando características de abertura e livre acesso, se constituiu num espaço seletivo. Investigou-se a formação da rua Padre Chagas e do bairro a que pertence, o perfil dos seus frequentadores, seus hábitos e preferências. A metodologia de pesquisa consistiu em estudo sobre a história rua e do bairro, realização de entrevistas com proprietários e gerentes dos estabelecimentos comerciais da rua e observações no local. A constituição da rua tal como hoje é conhecida implicou em transformações no seu perfil funcional (de exclusivamente residencial para residencial combinado ao comercial) e no seu ambiente construído. Essa transformação atendeu, portanto, à necessidade de manter o processo de acumulação do capital a partir da produção e transformação do espaço urbano. Todavia, um outro conjunto de aspectos ajudam explicar a atual configuração da rua: aqueles que dizem respeito a barreiras sutis e invisíveis que impedem o acesso e a permanência da população mais pobre nesse espaço público. Viu-se, assim, que o perfil abastado dos frequentadores está relacionado não só ao fato de a rua se localizar num bairro tradicionalmente de alto padrão, como também a questões de controle e territorialidade exercidos pelos moradores do bairro e pelo público cativo à rua, que determinam quem é considerado apropriado para estar ali e quem não é bem-vindo. / This study is about aspects of the constitution and formation of the parts from the urban space that is destined to wealthy class – rich neighborhoods, shoppings centers, well-heeled condominium and elegant streets. The intention was to make a contribution for the knowledge about the relations and dynamics that the wealthier social stratification establishes in the urban space, creating and redefining privileged areas. This dissertation consists in a study of an emblematic space from Porto Alegre city, the street called Padre Chagas, which is known as a place where the wealthy class has moments of leisure and socialization. It`s a place that attended a public with a relatively homogeneous socioeconomic profile. Broadly speaking, the aim of the research sought to understand how this public space constitutes itself in a selective space. The formation of Padre Chagas Street and the neighborhood in wich it belongs, the profile of its goers, their habits and preferences were investigated. The methodology research was constituted in a study about the street and the neighborhood`s history, interviews with the owners and managers of the business establishments located in the street, and local observations. The formation of the street how it is nowadays, suffered some transformations in its functional profile – from residential only to residencial combined toward comercial – and in the place that was constructed. The transformation attended, therefore, the necessity of maintain the process of the capital accumulation from the production and the transformation of the urban space. Nevertheless, there is other kind of aspects that helps to explain the current street`s configuration: the subtle and invisible barriers which prevent the access and permanence of the poorest population in this public space. So, it was possible to realize that the wealthly profile of the goers is not related only with the fact of the street being in a neighborhood traditionaly known as wealthly, but also it is related with controling and territoriality questions made by the residents of the neighborhood and by the goers, that settle who fitts in the street and who does not.

Orientador: Jose Marcos Pinto da Cunha / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Filosofia e Ciencias Humanas / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-09T12:20:08Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Manfredo_MariaTeresa_M.pdf: 1412578 bytes, checksum: 53233044cea3d5513376ed11db43f43f (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007 / Resumo: Este trabalho tem como objetivo analisar sociologicamente os processos envolvidos na produção do espaço urbano do município de Hortolândia, os quais estão associados ao crescimento e estruturação da Região Metropolitana de Campinas. Escolhemos essa metrópole devido à sua significância em termos populacionais, à sua importância no cenário econômico paulista e ao fato de sua formação apresentar singularidades devido ao momento em que se dá sua emergência. Dentro dela Hortolândia se destaca porque, além de ser marcada por ter precária infra-estrutura urbana e por abrigar indústrias de grande porte, é um dos municípios que mais recebe migrantes, tendo uma configuração espacial dispersa e rarefeita. O entendimento da produção de seu espaço urbano passa pela história social, política e econômica recente. Ademais, introduzimos na abordagem da produção do espaço urbano o processo da mobilidade espacial, já que acreditamos que, se as relações sociais produzem o espaço (ao mesmo tempo em que são condicionadas por ele), também, a dinâmica urbana condiciona e induz os deslocamentos residenciais; estes, alteram ou reforçam o padrão de produção espacial. Assim, utilizamos dados censitários referentes ao perfil da população e condições de moradia, revelando tendências estreitamente relacionadas com a produção do espaço urbano. Tentamos, portanto, desenvolver uma discussão em que diversos processos fossem considerados, permitindo a compreensão do que significa o espaço construído e suas características, como dados concretos da realização social (econômica, política, ideológica, cotidiana) e, também, como uma realidade em transformação / Abstract: This study aims to analyse sociologically the process involved into the production of urban space in Hortolândia, which is associated to the growth and structuring of the Metropolitan Region of Campinas. We choose this metropolis due to its populational importance, economic relevance in paulista scenery and singular formation due to the moment of its emergence. In this region, Hortolândia is pointed out because, besides its precarious urban infra-structure and by receiving important industries, it is one of the biggest receptors of migrants, by presenting a disperse spatial and rarefied configuration. The comprehension of the production of its urban space should consider the recent social, political and economic history. Moreover, we introduce in the urban space the perspective of production process of spatial mobility, once we believe if the social relationships produce the space (and, concomitantly, are influenced by its), also, the urban dynamic influences and induces the spatial mobility; which changes or reinforces the spatial production standards. Therefore, we utilize data of demographics census concerned to the population profile and the habitations characters, by showing the restrict tendencies related to the production of urban space. We tried, thus, to develop a debate where different process have being considered, by permitting the comprehension to the signification of the building space and its characters, like concrete data of the social reality (economic, political, ideological, quotidian) and, also, like a reality into transformation / Mestrado / Mestre em Sociologia

Esta dissertação de mestrado tem como objetivo analisar como o conceito de periferia foi construído socialmente, ao longo da segunda metade do século XX, como um conceito que se pretendeu explicativo dos fenômenos urbanos na metrópole de São Paulo. A idéia da metrópole como uma estrutura urbana configurada por um centro e uma periferia tem sido uma forma geral de descrever e mesmo explicar as dinâmicas de crescimento urbano de São Paulo. Trata-se de um modelo de entendimento resultante de um rico período de debates, pesquisas e processos sociais que levaram à construção da noção de periferia como uma noção explicativa das particularidades do desenvolvimento urbano de uma metrópole em um país industrial subdesenvolvido. A dissertação procura identificar o contexto do debate acadêmico em que periferia passa a ser utilizada com um sentido específico na literatura do campo de pesquisas urbanas da década de 1970, marcadamente do pensamento crítico brasileiro (sobre a formação da sociedade brasileira que visava a formulação de um projeto de desenvolvimento nacional com a superação das desigualdades sociais) e da sociologia urbana francesa. Apresenta pesquisas e ensaios que conceituam periferia e a colocam no centro da questão urbana no Brasil, e que levaram à incorporação da periferia como objeto de estudo e tema central da pesquisa urbana. A noção de periferia é uma construção social relacionada a práticas e discursos de sujeitos sociais e políticos de um contexto histórico específico, de ascensão dos chamados movimentos sociais urbanos, e de intensas mudanças na sociedade brasileira: a transição de um regime político autoritário e centralizador, para uma abertura democrática; e a passagem de um contexto de intenso crescimento econômico de base urbana-industrial para um período de recessão e agravamento dos problemas urbanos e sociais. Ao abordar a noção de periferia, procurando entender em que condições, este conceito adquire uma centralidade na questão urbana brasileira e como este conceito reforça uma chave de leitura das contradições da sociedade brasileira, pretendemos contribuir para a construção de um pensamento urbano que busque constituir questões relacionadas aos reais problemas das cidades brasileiras. Esta é certamente uma tarefa muito mais ampla que o âmbito deste trabalho. Escolhemos explorar este caminho de estudos, entendendo que a noção de periferia, está ainda fortemente presente nas leituras da metrópole de São Paulo, mas esvaziada da carga teórica que a constituiu. Superar esta visão significa voltar a pesquisa urbana para os fatores determinantes no processo de produção do espaço urbano, da segregação sócio-espacial, de deterioração do ambiente urbano e da qualidade de vida na cidade. Por meio da crítica e da identificação das limitações das formas de conhecimento que temos sobre as questões urbanas hoje, podemos construir novas bases para a apreensão das lógicas efetivas que regem a produção da cidade. / This essay intends to analyze how the concept of periphery was socially built, during the second half of the 20th century, as a concept that meant to explain the urban phenomena that took place in São Paulos metropolis. The idea of ametropolis structured by a center and a periphery has been a dominant way to describe and even to explain urban growth in São Paulo. This view of the urban environment based on a certain approach is resultant from a rich period of debates, researches and social processes, in which periphery has been built as a notion related to the particularities of the urban development in a metropolis of an underdeveloped country. The essay identifies the historical moment in which periphery turns out to be employed in a specific sense in the academic literature of the urban research in the 70s. The concept of periphery receives great influence of the Brazilian critical intellectual production, that started to understand the particularities of Brazils social structure in order to propose alternative development paths (aiming at overcoming the social inequalities); and also received the influence from French urban sociology. This work presents researches and essays produced in the field of Brazilian urban research, that focus on the conception of periphery as the central idea to understand the urban question in Brazil. The notion of periphery is a social construction related to social practices and discourses of social and political subjects that took place in a specific historical context, marked by the rise of the so called urban social movements, and by intense political and economic change, such as the transition from an authoritarian and centralized government to a democratic government, and the transition from a period of intense urban and economic growth, to a period of economic depression and growth of urban and social problems. By studying the notion of periphery and trying to understand why, and in which conditions this notion becomes central to urban studies, and how it reinforces a view of the contradictions of Brazilian social structure, we intend to contribute to the construction of a urban approach linked to the real problems of Brazilian cities. This is certainly a larger task than we are capable of undertaking. But we chose to exploit this theme understanding that the notion of periphery is still very present in the view of São Paulo Metropolis urban structure, though its theoretical basis has lost significance. Overcoming this view of the metropolis means to point urban research toward the real determinant factors of the production of urban space, the production of social spatial segregation, of the deterioration of the urban habitat, and life quality in the city. By identifying the limitations of the notion of periphery and the usual ways of explaining urban matters, it is possible to build new bases that will allow to apprehend the effective logics that conduct the production of urban space.

Cette thèse porte sur le rôle des populations homosexuelles masculines dans les processus de gentrification. Elle se propose de construire une sociologie des processus de gaytrification, c’est-à-dire des cas des gentrification impliquant significativement les gays, et s’inscrit au croisement de la sociologie urbaine et d’une sociologie des homosexualités. Le cadre d’enquête retenu est constitué par le quartier du Marais à Paris et le quartier du Village à Montréal, ces deux quartiers offrant des exemples de gaytrification depuis la fin des années 1970. Une première partie permet de montrer l’intérêt d’un tel objet et de construire un programme de recherche novateur qui mobilise des matériaux empiriques variés (statistiques, entretiens, archives, observations ethnographiques). La seconde partie montre comment différentes formes d’investissement de la part des gays ont favorisé, accentué ou accompagné la gentrification depuis la fin des années 1970 : émergence d’un secteur commercial gay, valorisation symbolique de certains lieux par la presse gay et investissement résidentiel du quartier par les ménages gays. Une troisième partie s’interroge précisément sur le cas des gays venus habiter le Marais et le Village. L’analyse de leurs trajectoires socio-résidentielles montre comment ils ont profondément renouvelé le paysage sociologique local et permet de comprendre le sens que le quartier prend dans leur trajectoire. On peut alors décrire des modes de vie et des pratiques du quartier qui contribuent à sa gentrification d’une manière néanmoins propre aux gays. Une quatrième et dernière partie renverse la perspective : si les gays ont profondément transformé le Village et le Marais, ces deux quartiers contribuent aussi à transformer ce que sont les individus. On examine alors l’hypothèse d’une socialisation gay par le quartier en montrant que l’espace urbain et le quartier constituent des instances de socialisation aux effets variés et plus ou moins puissants et durables à l’échelle des trajectoires individuelles. / This research is focused on the role of gay men towards gentrification. The word “gaytrification” refers to process of gentrification that involves, by different ways, gay men. In french sociology, the role of this “gay factor” has been much neglected and very rarely studied. This research deals with urban sociology but also with sociology of homosexuality. Considering different empirical datas based on statistics, interviews, archives and observations, we can understand the way that gay men improved the value of urban space and the quality of local lifestyles in two different contexts: le Marais (Paris) and le Village (Montreal). These questions are explored since the end of the 60’s. The first part of our dissertation is focused on theoretical issues and methodology about gaytrification: how can we analyze this specific form of “urban renaissance”? The second step of this research articulates different forms of gay involvement towards gentrification of le Marais and le Village since 70’s: gay business and pink economy, lifestyles and symbolic presence of gay men in the neighborhood, housing market and residential issues. The third part analyzes daily life of gay men that lives, or have lived, in these neighborhoods. We show how they gentrify urban space by different ways: social and life trajectories, social and local relations, habits and lifestyles. The last part of the research introduces the reverse of previous results. A new question appears because gaytrification deals not only about how people transform urban spaces but also about how urban space can transform people and identities. In fact, interviews with gay men show how le Marais and le Village can socialize them in a special way.

This diploma thesis pursues the phenomenon of urban gardening. It especially focuses on urban gardening in the form of community gardens, whose number has multiplied in Prague in the recent years. This trend has also caused an interest of the media and thus its is natural to research the motivation of the people, who participate in this activity, whether it is deeper or if it is just a fad. As a theroretical footing the ideas of Manuel Castells about urban social movements as well as the ideas of Henri Lefebvre about the right to the city were used. These authors believed that in the city the human scale is the most important and not financial value of the urban space. In the next part of the theoretical work the problem of public space and its interpretation in social sciences is presented. The analysis is dedicated to urban gardening in Prague. It aims to find whether it is just a temporary fashion or if the gardens could become permanent part of the public space in Prague. The function of community gardens is analysed with the use of a case study of one such garden. The work also tries to find out if the gardens in public space only bring positives or if they can also cause conficts.

Secondary Mortgage Markets and Place-Based Inequality: Space, GSEs and Social Exclusion in the Philadelphia Region Michael H. Norton Temple University, 2015 Doctoral Advisory Committee Chair: Dr. Anne Shlay In 2015 virtually the entire US mortgage market is subsidized by US taxpayers. When the Federal Government took control of the Government Sponsored Enterprises (GSEs) Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in the summer of 2008, US tax payers assumed responsibility for the vast majority of outstanding mortgage debt in the country. This dissertation examined the historical development and contemporary activity of the secondary mortgage market to understand the way the secondary market contributes to the reproduction of place-based inequality in American cities. Specifically, this dissertation analyzed the political-economic history of the secondary mortgage market to ground a contemporary analysis of the impact of secondary mortgage market activity on neighborhood change in the Philadelphia region at the turn of the 21st century. At the turn of the 21st century secondary market institutions coordinated a financial production process referred to in this study as the financialization of space. This process transforms the individual spatial relationships between individuals and their homes into financial commodities that are bought and sold by financial institutions. Individual mortgage loans make the financialization of space possible by providing the raw material that transmits capital embedded in the social spaces of individual homes and communities through secondary market institutions and into the abstract spaces of international capital markets. However, the financialization of space itself is made possible by a number of key contradictions that created considerable tension between the ongoing expansion of finacialized space and mortgage lending to individual home owners. These tensions were built into the very framework of the legislative policies governing the secondary mortgage market. The evolution of the secondary mortgage market was informed by parallel streams of housing policy that alternately sought to expand and regulate the primary and secondary mortgage markets at the end of the 20th century. The confluence of these policy streams initially created the conditions for the GSEs to pioneer financial productions processes that led to the financializaiton of space. At the same time, the emergence of subprime lending in the primary market, combined with the expansion of the secondary mortgage market to unregulated, private institutions, created dual housing markets differentiated by the types of loans available in the primary market and the funding sources for these loans in the secondary market. Throughout the study period (1996 – 2007), the GSEs concentrated the vast majority of all their purchasing activity buying conventional loans in the more affluent areas of the region. On the other hand, private institutions steadily eroded GSE market share in the conventional market, represented virtually the entire secondary market for subprime loans, and were considerably more active purchasing loans made to borrowers in communities that had been historically excluded from the primary mortgage market. Secondary market activity from 1996 to 2007 was significantly associated with changes along key housing and socio-economic conditions from 1990 to 2010. GSE market share was significantly associated with changing homeownership levels in neighborhoods throughout the region from 1990 to 2010. Higher levels of GSE market share were associated with net increases in homeownership in neighborhoods throughout the region. In a similar way, GSE-informed changes in homeownership levels were subsequently associated with significant changes in the percentage of residents living in poverty in neighborhoods throughout the region from 1990 to 2010, particularly on the Pennsylvania side of the region. Unlike the relationship between secondary market purchasing and homeownership, the relationship between secondary market purchasing and poverty levels functions through housing - either by virtue of more affluent residents moving in, or poor residents moving out of these areas. In both instances, GSE market share, and GSE-informed changes in homeownership sharpened differences between the different communities depending on where the GSEs concentrated their purchasing activity. The region’s urban centers, where GSE market share was lowest, experienced the greatest reductions in home ownership throughout the region, and the greatest increases in neighborhood poverty levels. In addition, the spatial relationships between individual neighborhoods exerted significant influences on changes in each of the housing and socio-economic indicators assessed. These findings suggest that space itself, and the spatial relationships between neighborhoods, exerted a significant influence on both secondary market activity and changing neighborhood conditions throughout the Philadelphia region. Over the twenty year period observed in this study, the types of differences between neighborhoods in the region have remained largely the same, while the degree of these differences has intensified during this time. In this way, the spatial distribution of neighborhood types in the Philadelphia region informed secondary market at the turn of the 21st century, which in turn contributed to the intensification of the differences between neighborhood types throughout the region. The findings presented in this study point to a number of key implications for theorists seeking to explain the role of space and place in the (re)production of patterns of uneven-development in metropolitan regions, and for understanding the financializaiton of space. In addition, these findings also point to key insights for policy makers currently developing legislation to reform the secondary mortgage market. / Sociology

A presente pesquisa partiu de uma etnografia realizada na região conhecida como Cracolândia no centro de São Paulo, considerada a mais famosa territorialidade de uso de crack no país. Alvo de intervenções estatais desde seu surgimento, nos anos 1990, essa territorialidade continua no centro de muitos programas e instituições. Em 2012, com o conflito erguido em torno da Operação Sufoco, há, no entanto, uma mudança nas formas de gestão desse espaço: de uma racionalidade de dispersão, que visava impedir o agrupamento de usuários de crack por meio do uso da força, para uma lógica de governo que precisa desse espaço concentrado para executar seus programas. Minha hipótese é que a fixação territorial combinada a essa malha concentrada de programas e instituições assistenciais acabou por construir um campo de gravitação em torno da Cracolândia, de modo a atrair pessoas com trajetórias muito diferentes mas que se encontram ali por terem uma vida errante. A partir do percurso de uma jovem que conheci durante a pesquisa, argumento que o Estado produz espaços e territorialidades como a Cracolândia, ao induzir e condicionar o movimento de diversos sujeitos. Como a personagem dessa pesquisa evidencia, sua circulação é incessante e ilegível, como na imagem do labirinto, mas guiada por uma racionalidade de buscar um local seguro das investidas policiais para estabelecer suas malocas e modos de vida, e onde há concentração de recursos e possibilidades. Dessa forma, a Cracolândia só faz sentido dentro de uma experiência urbana mais ampla, o que envolve outros espaços não contingentes territorialmente. / This research started from an ethnography in the region known as Cracolândia in downtown of São Paulo, considered the most famous crack use of territoriality in the country. Target of state interventions since its inception in the 1990s, this territoriality remains at the heart of many programs and institutions. In 2012, the conflict erected around the operation Suffocation, there is, however, a change in the forms of management of this space: a rationality dispersion, which was intended to prevent the grouping of crack users through the use of force, to a logic of government that needs this concentrated space to run their programs. My hypothesis is that the territorial fixation combined with this concentrated mesh programs and charitable institutions eventually build a gravitational field around the Cracolândia in order to attract people with very different paths but they are there to have a wandering life. From the journey of a young man I met during the research, I argue that the state produces spaces and territoriality as Cracolândia, to induce and influence the movement of various subjects. As the character of this research shows, their movement is unceasing and unreadable, as the labyrinth image, but guided by a rationality to seek a safe place police invested to establish their \"huts\" and ways of life, and where there is a concentration of resources and possibilities. Thus, Cracolândia only makes sense within a broader urban experience, which involves other spaces not contingent territorially.