Territorialização do investimento no espaço urbano no Município de Chapecó SC

Abstract

Emancipated on August 25, 1917, the municipality of Chapecó is located in the western region of the state of Santa Catarina. Its economic base was family farming, where small and medium-sized farmers sold their surplus production to slaughterhouses in other states. Currently, the slaughterhouse activity is the economic base of the city, however, Chapecó has become an attractive center for the enterprise of other sectors. The present work has as general objective to analyze the investment territorialization process in the urban space of Chapecó SC, having as specific objectives: to collect historical data about the city, verify and analyze GDP data, carry out a survey of the main wholesalers and retailers installed. in the municipality and verify the capital invested in the municipality of Chapecó/SC. Through the mixed, qualitative and quantitative method, the research uses information from books, newspapers, companies and IBGE. According to IBGE data, the city is in sixth place in the ranking of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the state of Santa Catarina, which represents economic growth compared to previous years. To answer the general objective of this work, companies in the wholesale and retail sector were analyzed: Havan, Shopping Patio Chapecó, Big, Atacadão Hipermercado and Fort Atacadista. Considering that there was a large investment by these companies, both in terms of investment and job creation, we conclude that Chapecó, through its performance achieved over many years, has been recognized at the regional and national levels.