The role of the North Mall in the integration process and the Fortaleza metropolitan Caucaia

Authors

  • Tiago Estevam Gonçalves Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Ceará
  • Maria Clelia Lustosa Costa Universidade Federal do Ceará

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5902/223649947322

Abstract

This research aims to analyze role of North Shopping as a integrator of the Fortaleza Metropolitan Region, more specifically betwen Caucaia and Fortaleza. The North Shopping was opened in 1991, located in the zone west of Fortaleza. This study of regional approach, analyzing the pendulum movement between Fortaleza and Caucaia due to work and school, find in the activities of trade, services and leisure, plus an element to justify the intensification of population movement everyday. We conclude that this mall has contributed to strengthening the relationship between Fortaleza and Caucaia

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Author Biographies

Tiago Estevam Gonçalves, Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Ceará

Professor do Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Ceará (IFCE). Possui Mestrado em Geografia pela Universidade Federal do Ceará. (UFC)

Maria Clelia Lustosa Costa, Universidade Federal do Ceará

Professora do Departamento de Geografia da Universidade Federal do Ceará. Possui Mestrado em Geografia Humana pela Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Doutoranda em Geografia na Université Paris III.

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Published

2012-02-23

How to Cite

Gonçalves, T. E., & Costa, M. C. L. (2012). The role of the North Mall in the integration process and the Fortaleza metropolitan Caucaia. Geografia Ensino & Pesquisa, 16(1), 55–70. https://doi.org/10.5902/223649947322

Issue

Vol. 16, n. 1, jan/abr (2012). Geografia Ensino & Pesquisa.

Section

Produção do Espaço e Dinâmica Regional

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