A COMPLEXIDADE GENéTICA DO URBANO EM RORAIMA

The urbanization of Roraima is a process that could equally be described as overdue, embryonic and precarious. There is no real plan for the formation of an urban network, but rather an exaggerated urban macrocephaly, with no imminent perspective for change. However, with the construction of new paved highways, a new reality is dawning. Several urban agglomerates are forming, resulting in a new spatial configuration with regards to the distribution of towns throughout the territory of the state of Roraima. The overland route, by means of highways, between the State of Roraima and the State of Amazonas, more particularly to the state capital Manaus, as well as to the neighboring countries of Venezuela and Guyana, has produced a new configuration with new human agglomerates cropping up along these transportation routes. Currently, it is possible to discern an “urban” continuity along these highways, something that was inexistent a very short time ago. Furthermore, we emphasize that the institution of what were to become the urban centers of Roraima initially came about along a line of penetration that we call a fluvio-linear system, with rivers as the main vectors. This resulted in the appearance and establishment of several new urban centers. The highway event is a repeat of the same fluvial trajectory, running through the territory from north to south and also, partially, from east to west, with a new system called the highway-linear system, which reformulates the old movements and processes into a new model for the establishment of urban centers in Roraima.