SOCIO-ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY IN THE OCCUPATION OF TERRITORIES: GENTRIFICATION IN CARAÍVA
Gentrification; Tourism; Socio-environmental vulnerability; Traditional communities;
Understanding urban social dynamics is part of the process of
evaluating its development and whether it is healthy, fair and sustainable or not, since the increase in
consumption and appropriation of “natural resources” can be seen when expansion or modification takes
place of space and society, with the most socially affected layers being the most vulnerable. This study
will carry out a brief historical review of the development of urban areas in southern Bahia from a socio-
environmental perspective, with the main purpose of observing the nuances of a gentrification process in
Vila de Caraíva, located in the south of the city of Porto Seguro/BA and chosen as the locus of thisstudy
due to notable tourist activity and diverse socio-environmental characteristics. The complexity of the
place is due to the presence of several instances of territorial management overlapping the area, both
Conservation Units with Sustainable Use and Integral Protection, as well as the presence of indigenous
territory adjacent to the Vila, as well as the intense tourist activity practiced in the area, being the
economic base of the community. To analyze this phenomenon, qualitative research will be carried out,
through a case study with a participant profile, based on a review of national and international literature
whose purpose is to expand and update knowledge on the concepts of gentrification, and also on the
knowledge of the traditional community, the natives of Caraíva, through compositions in social
cartography created by the community itself. Data will be obtained from secondary sources to understand
and compose the current scenario in the territory, as well as an on-site analysis through systematized
observation for local spatial understanding and semi-structured dialogues with natives, to then build
reflections on the gentrification process and a more sustainable urban space.