A Produção da centralidade de Ceres no território goiano : transformações espaciais entre as décadas de 1940 a 1970

Abstract

This work investigated the sources of centrality made by the city of Ceres based on the special transformations that happened between the 40’s and the 70’s. In this way, we evaluate the repercussion from the actions and discourses articulated by the process of modernization of the national territory emphasizing the stated of Goiás. To understand this process we resorted the concepts of natural, technical, technical- scientific and technical-scientific-informational environments (SANTOS, 2004), focusing on the production and incorporation of the territory of Goiás by the productive system from the Southwest region of the country. In this context, we highlight the role of the State and present the deployments produced from the March to the West, bearing in mind the permeation of the capital and the amplification of the agricultural border. We investigated the process of creation of the National Agricultural Colony of Goiás (CAGAN) located on the “Mato Grosso of Goiás” region. For the implantation of the CANG, educational and health services were considered as essential. From the creation of these services, the urban center formed by the National Agricultural Colony of Goiás began to practice an expressive centrality on the São Patrício Valley region and other nearby areas. During these changes, the country capital was transferred to the Planalto Central, promoting a new dynamic to the process of integration of the national territory. On a regional scale, Ceres and other cities were affected by Plans and Programs engendered to consolidate the role of Brasilia, changing the urban web that was constituted by new forms and new contents toward the productive modernization of the Cerrado.