Glory campus implementation is a project designed by the university since the 1970s that only now becomes a reality, after an expansion governmental project for federal universities. The design of the new campus of the UFU, discussed with the university and external community between 2010 and 2011, had been approved by higher council and its implementation started with the construction of the first buildings. This work, result of discussions held at the Geography Posgraduate Program and developed within an institutional project of the university, assesses the effects and impacts of urban, environmental, social and economic aspects of the new campus implementation, from the current uses and predominances of the area which sums almost 5% of the Uberlândia urban area and proposals made during the master plan and urban design process and environmental and urban impact studies, discussing the necessity and feasibility of this great project for city and region.
University; Campus; Environmental and social impacts
