Shopping Carpina as space-transforming equipment: analysis of socioeconomic and infrastructure aspects in Carpina - PE

Abstract

The arrival of a large enterprise brings about large-scale transformations in the urban environment. The process of space reorganization and development of the city features accelerated changes. Therefore, this research comes to address transformations, in the municipality of Carpina-PE that occurred after the establishment of Shopping Center Carpina, analyzing the role of this commercial equipment in the social-economic aspects and the local infrastructure. The importance of this debate is given by the possibility of analyzing the implications resulting from the installation of the mall and its characteristics, showing its centrality and importance for the city's evolution. To this end, a qualitative and quantitative approach was undertaken, using questionnaires and interviews with neighboring communities, realtors, and the Municipal Secretary of Infrastructure. From the analysis of the importance not only of the economic growth but also of the real estate growth of the city, it was possible to evaluate the urban transformations and the impacts caused, contributing significantly to the understanding of the perceptions about the urban spaces established in the municipality.