BR-153 and Vale do São Patrício (GO): urbanizing processes of the territory
BR-153 highway; Vale do São Patrício; urbanizing processes; new cities; March to the West
The dissertation seeks to comprehend and analyze the urbanization processes of the region known as Vale do São Patrício, in Goiás, from the BR153 highway, also known as Belém-Brasília. It seeks to determine how the various processes of urbanization promoted in different historical contexts took place, from a brief colonial overview, through the policy of interiorization of the country through the March to the West, until we pay attention to the moment of greatest interest in the research, when the highway cruise was structured, in particular the creation of the Transbrasiliana highway. The objective is to investigate how the highway transformed the region from urbanization processes at Vale do São Patrício, either through the development of existing cities or through the creation of new cities. For this, this work makes use of the historical study of the region and the highway (primary and secondary sources), as well as the cartography and in loco surveys. It should be highlighted that such space and time will be observed from the understanding of urban networks, as defined by Roberto Lobato Corrêa.