Urban expansion and tourism in the coast of Santa Catarina: the case of the micro-regions of Itajaí and Florianópolis

Abstract

The unstable social tissues of rural Brazilian area shows that ownership of the land itself has failed to develop. Of the institutions that came into contact with before and after land ownership, religious organizations are most remembered. The article analyzed the role of religion in the social organization of the settlement by interviews with settlers. The trust has stood as the decisive action of restoring the fragile bonds in the studied community.

Socio-Spatial Formation; Santa Catarina Coastline; Urban Expansion and Tourism