Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T15:38:58Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 TadeuMF_DISSERT.PDF: 812381 bytes, checksum: f7aa2bf218d439eb179f6a3270dd854a (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-04-19 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior / Place Attachment is a positive affective bond between people and environments, and its main characteristic is the desire to maintain closeness to the place of attachment. Neighborhoods, in turn, are spaces close to the dwelling, which varies according to environmental, social and cultural characteristics. Facing the contemporary scenario of diminishment of neighborhood relations and its importance to the understanding of cities social-environmental context, the present work aimed to investigate the attachment to neighborhoods at the city of Natal-RN. This study had two stages. The first stage consisted on investigating, through an experts panel, the main characteristics of attached neighborhoods, aspects that contributes to the development of these neighborhoods, the ones that difficult, as well as look for indications of neighborhoods at the city of Natal that may be identified by these elements. In the following stage I interviewed 11 residents of two indicated neighborhoods at the district of Alecrim, to better comprehend the main characteristics of this attachment and the elements of the context that enable its development. The content of the interviews, categorized and evaluated by judges, indicated that, due to the 10 participant experts, the main characteristics of attached neighborhoods encompass elements of socialization, cooperation, physical space usage, intimacy and identity. According to them, these are characteristics enabled by temporal and rootedness aspects, by spatial contact, familiarity between neighbors, and cultural inheritance. The interviews with residents showed that attachment to the studied neighborhoods is specially grounded on support and cooperation networks between neighbors, on satisfaction with the proximity of services, and on the bond to symbolic aspects and local traditions. In addition to be enabled by spatial organization, by low displacement of residents, and by the district s history, relations at these neighborhoods are fostered by an intention to establish this kind of ties, carried by cultural values / O apego aos lugares ? um la?o afetivo positivo entre pessoas e ambientes cuja principal caracter?stica ? a necessidade de perman?ncia em contato com o lugar de apego. As vizinhan?as, por sua vez, s?o espa?os pr?ximos ? resid?ncia, que variam em fun??o de caracter?sticas ambientais, sociais e culturais. Diante do quadro contempor?neo de enfraquecimento das rela??es de vizinhan?a e de sua import?ncia para o entendimento do contexto s?cio-ambiental das cidades, o presente trabalho teve como objetivo a investiga??o do apego a vizinhan?as na cidade do Natal-RN. Este estudo dividiu-se em duas etapas. A primeira etapa consistiu em investigar, por meio de um painel de especialistas, quais as principais caracter?sticas de vizinhan?as apegadas, quais fatores contribuem para o desenvolvimento de tais vizinhan?as, quais dificultam, bem como buscar indica??es de vizinhan?as na cidade do Natal que possam ser identificadas por esses elementos. Na etapa seguinte entrevistei 11 moradores de duas vizinhan?as indicadas no bairro do Alecrim para compreender melhor quais as principais caracter?sticas desse apego e quais elementos de contexto favorecem seu desenvolvimento. O conte?do das entrevistas, categorizado e avaliado por ju?zes, indicou que, para os 10 especialistas participantes, as principais caracter?sticas de vizinhan?as apegadas contemplam elementos de socializa??o, coopera??o, utiliza??o do espa?o f?sico, intimidade e identidade. Para eles, s?o caracter?sticas favorecidas por fatores temporais, de enraizamento, pelo contato espacial, pela familiaridade entre vizinhos, al?m da heran?a cultural. As entrevistas com moradores mostraram que o apego ?s vizinhan?as estudadas est? especialmente calcado na rede de suporte e coopera??o entre moradores, na satisfa??o com a proximidade de servi?os, e no v?nculo a aspectos simb?licos e tradi??es locais. Al?m de facilitadas pela organiza??o espacial, pelo pouco deslocamento dos moradores e pela hist?ria do pr?prio bairro, as rela??es nessas vizinhan?as s?o fomentadas por uma inten??o em estabelecer esse tipo de la?o, advinda de valores culturais