Medium Cities in the Legal Amazon: Araguaína/TO, Imperatriz/MA and Marabá/PA – inducers of development and inequalities
The cities of Araguaína / TO, Imperatriz / MA and Marabá / PA are part of the Legal Amazon, are characterized as medium-sized cities and are designated as regional capitals C by IBGE. Each of them is a reference in their respective intermediate and bordering geographic regions. The objective of the...
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| Format: | article |
| Status: | Published version |
| Publication Date: | 2020 |
| Country: | Brasil |
| Institution: | Universidade de Santa Cruz do Sul (UNISC) |
| Repository: | Redes (Santa Cruz do Sul. Online) |
| Language: | Portuguese |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.online.unisc.br:article/15139 |
| Online Access: | https://online.unisc.br/seer/index.php/redes/article/view/15139 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | Legal Amazon. Development. Araguaína. Imperatriz. Marabá. Legal Amazon. Desarrollo. Araguaína. Imperatriz. Marabá. Amazônia Legal. Desenvolvimento. Araguaína. Imperatriz. Marabá. |
| Summary: | The cities of Araguaína / TO, Imperatriz / MA and Marabá / PA are part of the Legal Amazon, are characterized as medium-sized cities and are designated as regional capitals C by IBGE. Each of them is a reference in their respective intermediate and bordering geographic regions. The objective of the work is to demonstrate which the three locations, despite presenting strong economic and demographic growth, suffer from social and structural problems that reduce the quality of life of their population. For this purpose, secondary data from IBGE sources - Cities, Atlas of Human Development, Instituto Brazil, IPEADATA and Comex Stat were used, referring to demographic growth, exports, HDI, GDP, homicides, Cadastro Único, Bolsa Família, access to water, sewage collection and treatment. As a result, it is perceived that there is a demographic growth for the Amazon; therefore sanitation, homicides, and population data on the single registry present that the economical aspects have not been converted into social welfare. Thus, it can be conclude that the data induce the understanding even considering that economic growth, instrumental and substantive freedoms are still relegated and that one of the possibilities for overcoming lies in a more integrated perspective of the three cities in geographical and administrative terms. |
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