The average city of Sobral/CE: intertwining views, experiences and knowledge

Authors

Virgínia Célia Cavalcante de Holanda (ed)
Universidade Estadual Vale do Acaraú - UVA
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6070-7292
Luiz Antônio Araújo Gonçalves (ed)
Universidade Estadual Vale do Acaraú - UVA
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2090-6312
Glauciana Alves Teles (ed)
Universidade Estadual Vale do Acaraú - UVA
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6952-8837
DOI: https://doi.org/10.35260/54212175-2025

Keywords:

Urban geography, Sobral (CE), Medium-sized cities, Social aspects, Urban planning, Regional studies

Synopsis

Historically, the city of Sobral has played a relevant role in the spatial context of the northeastern hinterland and, particularly in the state of Ceará, thanks to the production of cotton and livestock, which granted Sobral the status of regional center in the northern part of the state.
Today, in the 1920s, the city of Sobral stands out, no longer for the exuberance of traditional activities, but for the strong presence in the city of modern activities, related to commerce and services, which certainly represent factors of strong influence in promoting the spatial interactions that Sobral maintains. In the context of these interactions, it is important to emphasize the role played by education and health services, which considerably expand Sobral's relations, not only with its region of influence, but with the entire state of Ceará and with the states of Piauí and Rio Grande do Norte.
Given this reality, we can affirm that Sobral continues to have a regional protagonism, resulting from a set of dynamics resulting from the relationships established between society and nature, which are analyzed and interpreted by the authors of the various articles that make up the book SOBRAL: ENTRELAÇANDO OLHARES, EXPERIÊNCIAS e SABERES.

Chapters

  • Urban hierarchy and regions of influence of cities
    an analysis of theoretical and methodological frameworks with a focus on Sobral-CE
    Samuel Antônio Miranda de Sousa
    Baixar Capítulo 1
  • Institutional actions and restructuring of the medium-sized city of Sobral-CE
    Virgínia Célia Cavalcante de Holanda, Luiz Antônio Araújo Gonçalves
    Baixar Capítulo 2
  • The role of urban transformations in preventing violence in vulnerable territories
    the experience of Sobral-CE
    Marília Gouveia Ferreira Lima, Andréia Coelho Cela, Yvo Gabriel Sousa Galvão
    Baixar Capítulo 3
  • The academic contribution to the collective construction of the city
    an experience in the interior of Ceará - Brazil
    Gabrielle Astier de Villatte Wheatley Okretic, Adilson João Tomé Manuel , Eloise de Brito Mudo
    Baixar Capítulo 4
  • Mobility in intra-urban space
    the cyclist's perspective in the city of Sobral-CE
    Luciana de Andrade Catunda, Gabrielle Astier de Villatte Wheatley Okretic
    Baixar Capítulo 5
  • Institutional microcredit in Sobral-CE and the capture of self-employed workers by finance
    Sara Heline Rodrigues de Brito Silva, Luiz Antônio Araújo Gonçalves, Nilson Almino de Freitas
    Baixar Capítulo 6
  • A geographical look at the urban planning processes of Sobral-CE
    Wellington Galvão Alves, Maria do Carmo Alves
    Baixar Capítulo 7
  • Walls are erected, businesses are opened
    gated communities in the production of urban space in Sobral-CE
    Jailson Lopes Albuquerque, Francisco Clébio Rodrigues Lopes
    Baixar Capítulo 8
  • Biofiltration gardens of the Pajeú stream, Sobral-CE
    analysis of operational efficiency and sustainable maintenance
    Úrsula Priscyla Santana Nóbrega, Kemmison Luiz Paula de Sousa, Fernanda Elias Fernandes, Cícera Sarah Moura Farias
    Baixar Capítulo 9
  • Thermal comfort and green corridors in the city of Sobral-CE
    a thermohygrometric analysis of the dry period using mobile transects
    Jander Barbosa Monteiro, Isabela Gomes Parente, Maria Antônia Xavier Soares
    Baixar Capítulo 10
  • Venezuelan immigrants in Sobral-CE
    Luz Maritza Mantilla Chanagá, Aldiva Sales Diniz, Virgínia Célia Cavalcante de Holanda
    Baixar Capítulo 11
  • Demonstration of the countryside in the city
    a look from the open-air market in the surroundings of the public market in Sobral-CE
    Thayssllorranny Batista Reinaldo, Virgínia Célia Cavalcante de Holanda
    Baixar Capítulo 12
  • Implications of geographic mobility of the workforce from the Grendene footwear company in the medium-sized city of Sobral-CE
    Maria da Penha dos Santos Costa, Glauciana Alves Teles
    Baixar Capítulo 13
  • Access and consumption of student culture at Vale do Acaraú State University, Sobral-CE, Brazil
    Luiz Antônio Araújo Gonçalves
    Baixar Capítulo 14
  • The circuits of the urban economy
    some changes in the small food trade in Sobral-CE
    Joffre Fontenelle Filho
    Baixar Capítulo 15

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Author Biographies

Virgínia Célia Cavalcante de Holanda, Universidade Estadual Vale do Acaraú - UVA

Associate professor of the undergraduate courses in geography (bachelor's degree/license) and the Postgraduate Program in Geography - PROPGEO at the Vale do Acaraú State University - UVA. She is a scholarship holder of the Research Productivity, Incentive to Interiorization and Technological Innovation Scholarship Program - BPI, funded by the Ceará Foundation for Support to Scientific and Technological Development - Funcap. She is a member of the Network of Researchers on Medium-Sized Cities - ReCiMe and the Network of Researchers on Small Cities - Mikripoli.

Luiz Antônio Araújo Gonçalves, Universidade Estadual Vale do Acaraú - UVA

Adjunct professor of the undergraduate courses in geography (bachelor's / licentiate) and the Postgraduate Program in Geography - PROPGEO at the Vale do Acaraú State University - UVA. Research project contemplated by the Universal Call CNPq / MCTI / FNDCT nº 18/2021. He is a member of the Network of Researchers on Medium-Sized Cities-ReCiMe and the Network of Researchers on Small Cities-Mikripoli.

Glauciana Alves Teles, Universidade Estadual Vale do Acaraú - UVA

PhD and Master in Geography from the Postgraduate Program in Geography at the State University of Ceará - PROPGEO/UECE. Professor of the Geography course at the Vale do Acaraú State University - UVA and permanent professor of the Postgraduate Program in Geography - PROPGEO/UVA. Coordinates the Research Project: Urban Development, Smart and Sustainable Cities in the context of PDPG III (CAPES/FUNCAP). She is coordinator of the research group Geography, Teaching and Teacher Training (DGP/CNPq), of the Laboratory of Research and Teaching of Geography (LAPEGEO) and of the international extension project “We Propose! Geographic Education, Innovation and Territorial Citizenship” at UVA.

Adilson João Tomé Manuel , Centro Universitário INTA -UNINTA

Angoleño, Licenciado en Arquitectura y Urbanismo por la Universidade Paulista -UNIP Campus de Bauru. Maestría en Gestión del Espacio Urbano, Universidad São Judas Tadeu- USJT (2016). Coordinador de la Carrera de Arquitectura y Urbanismo del Centro Universitario INTA –UNINTA. Coordina el Centro de Experimentación Digital en Arquitectura y Urbanismo – NEXAU, del Proyecto de Investigación en Innovación y Tecnología – INTEC-UNINTA (desde 2023).

Aldiva Sales Diniz , Universidade Estadual Vale do Acaraú -UVA

PhD in Human Geography from the University of São Paulo - USP. Professor of undergraduate courses in geography (bachelor's degree) and the Postgraduate Program in Geography -PROPGEO at the Vale do Acaraú State University -UVA.

Andréia Coelho Cela, Governo do Estado do Ceará

She holds a degree in Architecture and Urbanism from the Federal University of Ceará (2019) and a Master's degree in Urban Planning from the same institution (2023). She currently works as a management advisor at the Violence Prevention Office of the Government of the State of Ceará, where she manages the implementation of the Integrated Program for the Prevention and Reduction of Violence through technical cooperation with nine municipalities in the interior of the state. She has professional experience in the area of ​​planning and project management and, in the academic field, has worked mainly on the following themes: production of urban space, peripheral neighborhoods, urban violence, social vulnerability, socio-spatial segregation, the right to the city and social urbanism.

Cícera Sarah Moura Farias, Faculdade Luciano Feijão

Graduated and Master in Architecture from the Federal University of Ceará - UFC, she was Biodiversity Manager at the Sobral Municipal Environmental Agency (AMA), responsible for the maintenance of squares, parks and conservation units, with an emphasis on nature-based solutions and climate resilience. Professor of the Architecture and Urbanism Course at Luciano Feijão College.

Eloise de Brito Mudo, Centro Universitário INTA-UNINTA

Graduated in Architecture and Urbanism from the Federal University of Ceará - UFC (2009) and academic master's degree in Urban and Regional Planning from PROPUR UFRGS (2017). She is a Building Technician from IFCE (1998). She is currently a professor and manager of extension and social responsibility in the Architecture and Urbanism Course at the INTA-UNINTA University Center, in Sobral-CE.

Fernanda Elias Fernandes

Graduated in Administration from UNINTA University Center. Has over 15 years of experience in project and program management in the Public Sector, with funding from international resources from Multilateral Development Banks, such as the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development - IBRD, Inter-American Development Bank - IDB and Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean - CAF.

Francisco Clébio Rodrigues Lopes, Universidade Estadual Vale do Acaraú - UVA

Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Geography from the Federal University of Ceará - UFC. PhD in Human Geography from the University of São Paulo (2013). Adjunct professor of undergraduate courses in geography (bachelor's / licentiate) and the Postgraduate Program in Geography -PROPGEO at the Vale do Acaraú State University - UVA.

Gabrielle Astier de Villatte Wheatley Okretic, Centro Universitário UNINTA

Professor of the undergraduate course in Architecture and Urbanism and responsible for the Internationalization sector of the UNINTA University Center (Sobral-CE). Professor of the Civil Engineering course at the UNINTA Sobral-CE College. She completed a postdoctoral internship with the Postgraduate Program in Geography at the Vale do Acaraú State University (PROPGEO/UVA).

Isabela Gomes Parente

Undergraduate in Geography from Vale do Acaraú State University. Member of the Laboratory of Environmental and Climate Studies (LEAC - UVA). She was a BPI - FUNCAP scholarship holder with the research Thermohygrometric Characterization and Human Thermal Comfort in open leisure spaces: a seasonal microclimatic analysis in public squares in Sobral-CE (2020-2022).

Jailson Lopes Albuquerque

Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Geography from Universidade Estadual Vale do Acaraú - UVA (2022). He is currently linked to the study group Critique of the Political Economy of Space linked to the Laboratory of Urban and Regional Studies - LEURB/UVA.

Jander Barbosa Monteiro, Universidade Estadual Vale do Acaraú - UVA

PhD and Post-Doctorate in Geography from the Postgraduate Program in Geography at the Federal University of Ceará - UFC. Master's degree in Geography from the Postgraduate Program in Geography at the State University of Ceará - UECE. Graduated in Geography (Bachelor's Degree) from the Federal University of Ceará - UFC. Adjunct professor of undergraduate courses in geography (bachelor's / licentiate) and the Postgraduate Program in Geography -PROPGEO at the Vale do Acaraú State University - UVA. He is a scholarship holder for Research Productivity, Stimulation of Internalization and Technological Innovation, from the Ceará Foundation for Support of Scientific and Technological Development - FUNCAP.

Joffre Fontenelle Filho, Rede Pública de Ensino do Estado do Ceará

PhD in Geography from the State University of Ceará - UECE. Master in Geography from the State University of Vale do Acaraú - UVA. Graduated in Full Degree in Geography from the State University of Ceará - UECE. He is currently a Geography Teacher in the Public Education Network of the State of Ceará.

Kemmison Luiz Paula de Sousa

Graduated in Civil Engineering and Master in Geography from Universidade Estadual Vale do Acaraú - UVA. Acting mainly in the following areas: earthworks and paving, Sewage Systems (SES), Water Supply Systems (SAA), Drainage Systems, solid waste, Occupational Safety services, Environmental Analysis and recovery of degraded areas and Renewable Energies.

Luciana de Andrade Catunda, Faculdade Via Sapiens – FVS

Graduated and Master in Geography from Universidade Estadual Vale do Acaraú - UVA (2016), she develops work in the area of ​​Human Geography with a focus on Urban Geography. From 2019 to 2023, she held the position of Technical Assistant at the Secretariat of Urbanism, Housing and Environment of the Municipality of Sobral - CE. Currently, she is a faculty member at Faculdade Via Sapiens - FVS.

Luz Maritza Mantilla Chanagá

Graduated in Law from the Universidad de Santander (UDES-Colombia). Master in Geography from the Universidad Estadual Vale do Acaraú - UVA; Diploma in Human Rights (DDHH) from the Fundación Universitaria de San Gil (UNISANGIL-Colombia). Worked in rural units displaced by violence in Colombia, specific topics: Internal forced migration from the countryside to the city, Human Rights, Fundamental Rights of victims, Assessment of the right to education, decent housing, education, health and work. Facilitator in Field Schools for Farmers (ECAs). Member of the Center for Studies on Access and Permanence in Education (UENF/IFFluminense). Translator of texts into Spanish in the same group.

Maria Antônia Xavier Soares

Undergraduate in Geography from the Vale do Acaraú State University - UVA. Member of the Laboratory of Environmental and Climate Studies (LEAC). BPI - FUNCAP scholarship holder, with the research The use of mobile transects in the assessment of human thermal comfort: an analysis based on the implementation of green corridors in Sobral-CE (2023-2024).

Maria da Penha dos Santos Costa, Secretaria de Educação do Estado do Ceará - Seduc-CE

Master in Geography from the Postgraduate Program in Geography - PROPGEO at the Vale do Acaraú State University - UVA.

Maria do Carmo Alves, Universidade Estadual Vale do Acaraú - UVA

Master and PhD in Human Geography from the University of São Paulo - USP (2017). Bachelor's and Bachelor's degrees in Geography from the Vale do Acaraú State University - UVA. She is currently a Professor of Geography at the Vale do Acaraú State University - UVA. Editor of the Magazine of the House of Geography of Sobral (RCGS).

Marília Gouveia Ferreira Lima, Faculdade Luciano Feijão - FLF

Master in Transportation Engineering - Department of Transportation Engineering, Technology Center - Federal University of Ceará UFC-CE. Postgraduate in Urban Environmental Management from the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Ceará IFCE and graduated in Architecture and Urbanism from the Federal University of Ceará. Coordinator of the Architecture and Urbanism Course at Luciano Feijão College. She was Secretary of Urbanism, Housing and Environment (Seuma) of the City Hall of Sobral, from 2017 to 2024.

Nilson Almino de Freitas, Universidade Estadual Vale do Acaraú - UVA

Professor of Anthropology at the Vale do Acaraú State University - UVA. Coordinator of the Laboratory of Memories and Everyday Practices - LABOME. Professor of the Professional Master's Degree in Sociology in the National Network - Profsocio. Professor of the permanent staff of the Postgraduate Program in Geography - PROPGEO, at the State University of Ceará - UECE.

Samuel Antônio Miranda de Sousa, Unifanor

He holds a degree (2007), Master's degree (2010) and PhD (2021) in Geography from the State University of Ceará - UECE. He is currently the Coordinator of the Environmental Management and Quality Management EAD Wyden Courses. He is a professor of engineering and management courses, in-person and EAD at Unifanor. He has experience in the area of ​​Geosciences, with an emphasis on Environmental Planning and Management and Urban and Regional Planning.

Sara Heline Rodrigues de Brito Silva, Rede Pública Estadual do Ceará - Seduc-CE

Bachelor's and Master's degree in Geography from the Vale do Acaraú State University - UVA. Full-time teacher at the Ceará State Public School Network - SEDUC-CEARÁ.

Thayssllorranny Batista Reinaldo

Postdoctoral fellow at Vale do Acaraú State University - UVA with a FUNCAP scholarship Notice 09/2023 to support the Postdoctoral Fellowship. PhD in Geography from the Federal University of Ceará - UFC. Master's and Bachelor's degrees in Geography from the Federal University of Tocantins - UFT. She worked as a temporary professor in the Geography Bachelor's degree course at Vale do Acaraú State University - UVA from 2021-2023 and at the Federal University of Tocantins - UFT from 2017-2019.

Úrsula Priscyla Santana Nóbrega

Graduated in Architecture and Urbanism from the Federal University of Ceará - UFC (2016), with an exchange program at Kansas State University (2014). Master in Geography from the Vale do Acaraú State University - UVA (2022). She is currently a professor of Architecture and Urbanism at Faculdade Luciano Feijão. She was Superintendent of the Municipal Environmental Agency of the Municipality of Sobral. She works in territorial planning, urban and architectural design, graphic design, photography and visual arts. She is an active member of the artistic group “Estrelas do Norte”, responsible for the Bienal Norte de Artes Plásticas, and participated in the review of the Sobral Master Plan (2022-2030). She supervised the maintenance of the Riacho Pajeú Biofiltration Gardens and coordinated the development of the Sobral Urban Routes Plan, awarded by IAB Ceará and IAB Brasil.

Wellington Galvão Alves, Prefeitura Municipal de Sobral

Graduated and Master in Geography from the Vale do Acaraú State University - UVA (2022). Specialist in Municipal Public Management from the State University of Ceará - UECE (2018). Currently works as Geoprocessing Manager at the Municipality of Sobral. Has experience in the technical area of ​​Urban Planning and Geoprocessing.

Yvo Gabriel Sousa Galvão

Architect and Urban Planner from the INTA University Center - UNINTA, postgraduate in Public Environmental Management, with prior technical training in the Environment from the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Ceará - IFCE (Crateús Campus) and constituent member of the URBCOLAB Study Group, working as Construction Licensing Manager at the Secretariat of Urbanism, Housing and Environment (Seuma) of the Sobral City Hall.

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