A Interferência da mineração industrial na estabilidade de assentamentos rurais: o caso de Parauapebas

Abstract

In the Southeastern Pará State two productions fronts comprise both a peasant and a mineral one, mainly starting in the 70s when they have suffered both pressures and reciprocal influences. In such a context, the dissertation analyzes the hole exerted on the mining companies activities practised on the peasants production stabilization in three settlements located in the municipality of Parauapebas, Pará State, Brazil. The dissertation indicates that the dynamics due to the instalations of large mining enterprises have contribute to the production rearrangements in the settlements. Among the changes being observed there has been a land valorization and the childrens of the settlements have left out the parcels of land to the cities and provoking the weakness of the workmanship which sustain the family production. There has been a better quality of the products because of the increasing urban demand, and at the same time the contribution to the spatial and social level in the settlement. The dissertation conclusion indicates that with the mining interchange, conflicting dynamics arise concerning the stability of the peasant production in the studied rural settlements.