UBERLÂNDIA: DA BOCA DO SERTÃO À CIDADE JARDIM

This paper shows the spacial transformation of Uberlandia City, specially those decurrents from commercial capitalist accumulation. The city grew up and developed up to the fifty's under the sign of business and as the market expanded, the economical structures changed, the progressive ideas of local upper classes got raised and it was necessary to change the urban format. The changes aimed to progress and modernization and they were based on the expansion of capitalist relations and in the "beauty" of the urban landscape.

Key Words:
city; urban landscape; spacial transformations