Os Papéis de Dourados - MS no contexto regional: apontamentos para análise de uma cidade média

Abstract

With the intensification of the urbanization process, many changes are noticeable in the urban Brazilian cities, such as changing and expanding roles and functions of medium sized cities. Undoubtedly, is on the regional context that the study of medium-sized cities can gain meaning and scope, making it more complex relationships, connecting the near with the distant, expressing the conflict between internal and external, new and old. In this sense, we present on this paper, an analysis of the role of Dourados in the regional context, from the provision of higher leves of education and health services, in-hospital medical care. This dissertation is divided into three chapters. First, we present some information about the constitution of socio formation of Dourados-MS, which we consider essential to understand the configuration of this city in the context of this analysis. Next, we analyze the scenario in which they established the first discussions about the medium-sized cities, and the elements that allow us to make an evaluation of the possibilities, contradictions and subsequent limitations. Finally, an analysis was made on health services and higher education, offered by Dourados that stands out as the main service center specializing in health and higher education in the region, serving not only the surrounding cities, but other states , thereby promoting permanent, seasonal and commuting migration, which help reinforce their importance in the urban network. So, here are some possibilities to understand the dynamics that conduct and stimulate the dynamics and functionality of Dourados.