Smart City Laguna (Ceará, Brazil): metamorphosis of a territory

• Autores: Abrão Beleza, Camila Lima, da Silva Moraes, Richardson Thomas, Banducci Amizo, Isadora, Verlangeiro Vieira, Mariana, Verdolin dos Santos, Mariana
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2025
• Institución: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
• Repositorio: Revistas - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
• Lenguaje: portugués
• OAI Identifier: oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/31633
• Enlace del recurso: http://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/ensayo/article/view/31633
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Smart City; Territory; Infrastructure; Technologies; New Cities; Cidade Inteligente; Território; Infraestrutura; Tecnologias; Cidades Novas

The small Smart City Laguna, located in the state of Ceará (Brazil), created in 2015 by a holding of foreign capital companies, has emerged as the “first social smart city” in the world. Promoted to serve a low-income public, the new city is composed of standardized single-family homes, social equipment, services, trades, and industries, surrounded by walls and a greenbelt, fueled by ICTs of all sorts. However, this work, through research in primary and secondary sources, reveals other facets of this private town. Through a broader temporal (history) and spatial (territory) view, this article reveals the reasons for the creation of such an urban center and its consequences.