Direito à cidade e emergência do não cidadão: um debate sobre a população em situação de rua

Abstract

The central theme of this work seeks to discuss aspects related to the homeless population in Brazil and investigate about this population segment in the city of Chapecó. The methodological stages of work were divided between bibliographic research and document analysis. Through bibliographical research, the historical construction of citizenship in the Brazilian territory was rescued, using the work of José Murilo de Carvalho. It explores the concept of the right to the city, portraying the social and political construction of urban space and its segregations, based on the work of Henri Lefebvre. It presents an ethnic, age and socioeconomic panorama of the homeless population in Brazil performing the analysis of the study “Street: Learning to Tell”. It portrays aspects related to the reproduction of the ways of life of people living on the streets, using surveys carried out in large Brazilian capitals as a reference. Through documental analysis of reports of official assistance provided by the Social Rescue service of the city of Chapecó, it was possible to verify aspects related to gender, age profile, drug use and territorial disposition by neighborhoods of people approached in a street situation in the city. Among the results collected in this research, it was possible to identify the age and gender profile of people who are approached in a street situation. A list of the 15 neighborhoods with the highest percentage among street approaches carried out with homeless people in the city was identified.