DEMOGRAPHY AND MUNICIPAL INCOME TRANSFER PROGRAMS: A SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC ASSESSMENT OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF MARICÁ-RJ
Social Currencies; Vulnerability; Sociospatial Segregation; Income Transfer Programs
This paper investigates the relationship between municipal income transfer programs, with a particular focus on the Mumbuca social currency, and the sociodemographic evolution and urban space of the municipality of Maricá-RJ. The research focuses on the demographic and urban dimensions, exploring how these programs influence and interact with the sociodemographic and urban space transformations of the municipality. The research begins with a review of the literature on urbanization, sociospatial segregation, sustainable development and the urban evolution of Maricá, as well as a discussion on income transfer programs, their guidelines and the trajectory of social currencies. Regarding the methodology, secondary data were used to construct population, sociodemographic, and urban infrastructure indicators for the years 2010 and 2022, as well as on the circulation of the Mumbuca currency in the territory between 2022 and 2023. Then, descriptive statistics and spatial analysis methods were used to evaluate, in an exploratory manner, possible relationships between the circulation of currencies from municipal income transfer programs in the territory (more specifically in the neighborhoods) and the transformations observed in the population and urban space in recent years. With this study, it was possible to evaluate the relationship of social currency transactions as a factor intrinsically linked to improvements in the living conditions of the population of Maricá, and, in turn, fundamental for the evaluation of income transfer programs and for the development of urban public policies, as well as for Demographics.