The Influence of Migration on the Socio-Spatial Restructuring of the Metropolitan Region of Fortaleza

In this research it is presented a demographic analysis, it was investigated the function of the migration in the formation process and urban expantion of the Metropolitan Region of Fortaleza (MRF) and its social-spatial segregation process between the decades of 1990, 2000 and 2010. Thus, this work checks the function of migration in the configuration of the center and the periphery into the MRF, analysing which are the causes and the consequences for the urban processes and already pointing for the social-spatial segregation of the population. Involving the following objectives: analyse and discuss the relation center-periphery into the MRF, as well as the validity nowadays of this pattern in the region; understand the aspects of social-spatial segregation, especially in its demographic dimension; analyse if the function of the migration has changed over time, furthermore, between the decades of 1990 and 2000; and, reflect on the lack of public policies for the people of lower classes in this region.