A cidade desigual e a segregação planejada: o caso dos reassentamentos urbanos coletivos em Altamira

Abstract

This research analyzed the process of removal of poor communities from Altamira who lived in the floodplain areas of the Altamira, Ambé and Panelas streams, to Collective Urban Settlements (RUC) in outlying areas. The study is based on the installation of the Belo Monte hydroelectric plant in Altamira and the re-urbanization of the central areas, which, among other factors, culminated in the removal of thousands of families, changing the entire dynamic of their lives. Our main objective is to demonstrate that the process of planned removals of the residents of the baixões is constituted as socio-spatial segregation. In this way, we present elements that prove the idea raised. The methodology used was qualitative research where we sought, through semi-structured interviews with residents, to identify elements that prove socio-spatial segregation. The results of this study showed that the residents are dissatisfied with the change of their homes, mainly due to the mobility factor, and that the distance from the central areas caused other problems such as unemployment, increased poverty, violence, low quality of education, health problems, social isolation, loss of affective ties with neighbors and family, loss of identity with the river, among other social and psychological problems. Thus, this research proves the initial thesis.