Vilegiatura marítima e urbanização litorânea: as transformações no litoral do município de Barra de São Miguel, AL

Abstract

The maritime summer vacation and the coastal urbanization phenomena are directly related to the valuation of coastal areas by the spread of modern maritime practices (bathing, vacation and tourism) in these areas. Modern maritimity introduces new possibilities for list of companies with the sea and the coastal areas, making it the primary locus for holding leisure activities and housing (temporary or permanent). In this scenario, it is clear that the increasing urbanization of coastal areas is related to the spread of modern maritime practices. To understand the changes in coastal areas resulting from urbanization and modern maritime practices, it is taken as an object of study the expansion of maritime summer vacation in Barra de São Miguel coastline, a city located in the south coast of the state of Alagoas. Since the beginning, maritime summer vacation in Barra de São Miguel receives a strong influence from the capital Maceio through the expansion of it´s urban tissue towards the south coast. The urban morphology, marked by urban divisions and accumulation of second homes, is a result of how the coast of Barra São Miguel is achieved by Maceio city, showing its influence in the formation of spatial forms prevalent in the city. The summering people, municipal and state authorities, real estate entrepreneurs and the people who live in local beaches are social subjects involved in the process of the making of urban morphology in Barra de São Miguel. The document is the result of the methodological practices based on the following stages: a) bibliographic and documentary research; b) field research; c) informal interviews.