URBANIZATION-METROPOLIZATION AND HOLIDAY RESORTS ON THE NORTHEAST COAST OF BRAZIL

Abstract The preference for and consequent exercise of maritime practices give birth to diverse structures and result in leisure focused urban spaces in the metropolitan context. The reflections here deal with the Northeast coast of Brazil as a case study; however they do not avoid making connections with other national and international spaces. The starting point is the empirical-conceptual construction of the processfrom which dimensions of analyses are established: the dimension of urban morphology and that of social practices.