Morphological legacies and informal city: understanding urban dynamics in the Vetor Leste do Centro in São Paulo
From the middle of the 20th century, the center of São Paulo began to undergo a deep urban transformation resulting from the transfer of the ruling classes to other sectors of the city.
The related dislocation of higher-income housing, trade and services toward the south- west of the metropolis has left the city center in a social, economic and urban decay.