Contradições entre o urbano e o natural: o processo de construção e ocupação da Orla de Atalaia em Aracaju, Sergipe

Abstract

In this paper are presented some of the results presented during the PhD research in Development and Environment by the Federal University of Sergipe. Here are some historical, social and economic arguments about the construction and occupation of the area where today the Orla de Atalaia is located, the main tourist attraction in the city of Aracaju, the capital city of Sergipe. During historical anddocumentary facts, we could verify that the occupation and gentrification of Atalaia occurred from decisions of character, almost always, individual taken by people by the economic power that they had.Thus, we bring in this work a theoretical survey based on documentary and field research on the construction and occupation of the Atalaia Orla.