Os lugares valorizados pelos residentes e as zonas morfológico-funcionais de Diamantina (MG): uma análise geográfica exploratória

Abstract

Cities are not only physical structures, but also human imagination products. People create representations for cities and change the world according to their perceptions. The connections between landscape structure and human perceptions have aroused a great interest from specialists. Thus, this paper seeks a better comprehension about how inhabitants in Diamantina perceive the city environment and establish value to it. This study uses direct documentation technics (structured interview with 402 inhabitants and local observations), spatial analysis and descriptive statistics. In general, this research shows that there is an important correlation between morphological/functional zones and most valued places according to residents. Also, their socioeconomic profiles are relevant to the explanation of some patterns found in this work.