Urban sprawl in Londrina and challenges for urban planning

The urban sprawl, the instruments of urban planning and management such as zoning and urban expansion drive the city towards a chaotic and uncertain future. The urban zoning has been increasingly used in favor of agents promiting an unequal urban space and a clear process of socio-spatial segregation, the formation of vacant land and property speculation. In consequence of this process, the infrastructures, a major component of urban development and the more costly to the Government, are increasingly scattered and obsolete due to the unplanned occupation of the soil of the city. This paper proposes therefore to examine the phenomenon of sprawling in the city of Londrina through geoprocessing and identify the impacts cused by the form of occupation that the city, which may affect the future of the city in its entirety. For this purpose, thematic maps were made from multiple sources and a review of the existing literature has identified that the city of Londrina has extensive features of sprawling phenomenon, with strong implications for land use and spatial distribution of essential services to the population.