THE HISTORIC CENTRE OF LIMA, PERU: NEW USES OF JIRON DE LA UNION STREET

Authors

  • Rita de Cássia Gregório de Andrade Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
  • Maria Simone Morais Soares

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.9771/1984-5537geo.v9i2.8460

Keywords:

Historical Center, New Uses, Recovery

Abstract

The city of Lima was founded in 1538. It currently has a population of about 8.486.866 and presents several complex problems of space organization, so that specific studies are needed to understand its reality. The Historical Center of Lima is locus of patrimonial management policies since the eighties. In this context, the Jirón de la Unión Street, the main of this urban space, deserves to be analyzed. The principal aim of this study is to analyze the new uses of Jirón De La Unión Street, in the historical center of Lima. The methodological procedures used to carry out this research were: bibliographical, cartographic, photographic and documentation surveys, together with outdoor researches to characterize the use of the soil and related landscape. A first observation was the predominant commercial use of the current Jirón de la Unión Street.

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Author Biographies

Rita de Cássia Gregório de Andrade, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú

Mestre em Geografia pelo Programa de Pós-graduação em Geografia/UFPB, professora do Departamento de Humanidades, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú.

Maria Simone Morais Soares

Mestre em Arquitetura e Urbanismo pelo Programa de Pós-graduação em Arquitetura e Urbanismo /UFPB, professora do Centro Universitário de João Pessoa-PB (UNIPÊ).

Published

2013-12-22

How to Cite

Gregório de Andrade, R. de C., & Morais Soares, M. S. (2013). THE HISTORIC CENTRE OF LIMA, PERU: NEW USES OF JIRON DE LA UNION STREET. GeoTextos, 9(2). https://doi.org/10.9771/1984-5537geo.v9i2.8460

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