Trabalho informal e reestruturação urbana: O caso dos trabalhadores informais na Zona Portuária do Rio de Janeiro.

Abstract

When we reflect on the recent transformations of the Rio de Janeiro port region, we initially think about changes in the form and urban landscape, the management model and the new uses of this space, but there is also a need to see and understand the ways of working. suffered directly from urban restructuring. With the financial crisis that hit the state, the installation of many commercial enterprises did not happen, causing many buildings are still empty. However, the Rio de Janeiro port region still stands as an opportunity for a cycle of real estate and speculative investment for capital. And even with empty buildings, the streets are full of workers, locals and tourists, who circulate there every day, boosting the region. This research has as main objective to understand if the urban transformations occurred in the Port Zone of the city of Rio de Janeiro changed the work dynamics in the region. The general objectives of this research are to understand and discuss the specificities of informal work in Brazil; question whether the urban restructuring that took place in the Port Region was a gentrification process; to know the informal workers who are there, to understand the social processes that occurred from their trajectories and to reflect if the process of urban restructuring altered the work dynamics in the port area.